By now we’ve all heard the statistics about homelessness, and the news is not good. The details change from year to year, but the trends remain troublingly constant: the number of homeless people in our community continues to grow; more families are homeless; more children are homeless. What can we do as neighbors, as members of our communities, as citizens and voters?
One answer is that we can do nothing and hope the homeless will magically disappear. We’ve tried that. We already know that when it comes to homelessness, doing nothing doesn’t work. ...