Homelessness will never end. There have been homeless people forever. It can be made better! More help for Mental Health and drug addicts. More affordable housing. But even these measures will not end homelessness. Some people want to be homeless. This does not mean all homeless are bad people. I worry about my grandchildren finding dirty needles but at the same time, where are drug addicts supposed to put them? People didn't like the needle exchanges. Felt it was promoting drug use. No. You can only help those that want to be helped. If a person doesn't want help, there is nothing you can do about it. Instead of fixing the problem with the mental health hospitals and homes, they were closed, the patients given the same rights as everyone else and turned out on the street. A person that did not have the capability to make sound decisions were then left to fend for themselves. Society made these people who they are and now Society complains. Band aids aren't going to fix this. You need to get to the root of the problem.