During Presidents Reagan’s first term in office, he made drastic cuts to section 8 housing and public housing; as a result, the housing crisis in America has been on the rise over the last thirty years. Bring attention to the homeless issue is also a major step in addressing the housing crisis. By making people aware of just how critical the issue of housing is the more support the issues will gain. Adding to the issue, is that in many areas homelessness is a criminal offence. For instance, laws prevent homeless people from camping in public areas or loitering in parks. One step to alleviate homelessness is to decriminalize the act of being homeless. The problem with enforcing these types of laws against the homeless is that they have no were
