quote "You misunderstood my meaning. I will provide the long winded version of what I said before to clarify my meaning. It is unfortunate for those who are just down on their luck or face some adversity that made them homeless, that so many of the homeless ARE mentally unstable, have criminal tendencies and/or are drug abusers.

Maybe in other parts of the country/world, that is not the case, but underpass communities in my area it’s very much true. "

It is a large complex problem and a simple yes or no is totally insufficient to be of any value, as now another facet of 'homelessness' has been introduced with these 'underpass communities'.
In some places such as Nevada these 'families' have turned up in well to do residential areas gong door to door...you can imagine the reactions of parents and children and the local police people to this 'invasion of the homeless and poor' looking for help , hand-outs, etc.
Then one remembers that Los Angeles has adopted a policy similar to the one in part of Arizona which is to round these people up and transport them out into some make-shift shelters out in a desert area far from any community or major highway. This means some 'authority' has to arrange for food, clothing, medical supplies to be gathered and transported out to them as they simply can't be just abandoned and left to themselves despite the wishes of many of the so called 'well-off' who wouldn't care if they all died out there...Is this a wise policy; who will administer to these people, police officials or govt. bureaucrats; politicians?? Does it make any sense economically? What will be the long term consequences of this...Someone; some group has to take responsibility here, both for what caused it all in the first place and to finding a humanitarian solution to this ever growing plague of poverty and homelessness spreading throughout the entire continent. There just ain't no simple solution as put forth by some lunatic groups such as "just shoot them all." Anyone for trying out a new version of 'concentration camps' perhaps...