Homelessness in Urban Areas

Sometimes, we walk into the city with the expectation to fulfill a purpose (s) and then return home. We never anticipated noticing the homeless man begging on the corner, or the one using an empty cardboard box as a bed along the way; not because we are ignorant that these inequalities exist but mostly because we forget about it or cast a blind eye toward it. I notice them, every time, and I feel for them, not judging in anyway their situation and how they got there. But quite frankly, I am of the firm belief that a city would not be such without a homeless person or two roaming the streets, sticking his hand out asking for some change, peeing on the side of old buildings or occasionally claiming to do a dance/act/ or trick for a dollar.

<For this blog I have no personal photo as it was very risky to take photos of homeless individuals on the streets>

Globally, the people who suit the profile for being homeless would have been, alcoholics/drug addicts, wandered from home, older and most times single, now even those who were once very affluent can join the vagrants on the streets.
In larger more developed countries homelessness seem to be creeping the income ladder as more and more people lose their homes and belongings to bankruptcy. Now it's almost impossible to tell who was once at the top of the social ladder and who was for a very long period living on the streets.

Thankfully there are a few good Samaritans left in the world that may provide some sort of help in the cities for these homeless people; be it the Church with the St. Vincent de Paul programme or the government or NGOs, there is always some form of hope for them. It is now their decision whether or not they wish to accept said help.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/letters/How_to_deal_with_the_vagrants-105578318.html
Well this person seem to think he has the answers to the "issue" of vagrancy....what do you think?