It is hard to imagine the American lifestyle without a home to live in. Modern popular culture and mass media create customary images of cozy little homes, stylish apartments, and elegant townhouses. Those conventional images lose the connection with real-life when we realize how dramatic the problem of homeless people is. According to Samuels, “On any given night in the United States, half a million people are homeless.” A living place is a basic necessity for every citizen of every country. The welfare of a person constitutes a fortune of the state. The U.S. Government should provide homes for homeless people and make sure that there are no houseless individuals in the streets of U.S. cities because addressing homelessness helps to resolve other issues, including crime, alcohol abuse, and unemployment. The situation with homeless people differs from one state to another, but common features of the issue and the ways the local authorities choose to deal with homelessness are similar. Local administrations are trying hard to reduce the number of people living in the streets. They are constantly looking for affordable ways to get people from the streets. An important thing, which is true for the country in general, is that it is cheaper to provide Housing for the homeless than pay for emergency housing, healthcare, and police services. Samuels claims that “Nationally, the average monthly cost of serving a family in an emergency shelter is $4,819”. Providing such families with Housing is about one thousand two hundred dollars a month. Time and time again, the statistics don’t lie – the state should do its best to provide permanent homes for homeless people. But what works to help the homeless get off the streets? Samuels points out that “The government has tried to tackle the problem on nearly every level.” Millions of dollars have been spent, but reliable ways to solve the issue have not been found yet. Nevertheless, the undertaken steps help to work out a set of measures that can help to provide the homeless with real homes. The first possible step, according to Samuels, is affordable Housing as a longer-term solution in comparison with building shelters which are rather expensive. At the same time, developers complain that it is hard to build affordable housing. The possible solution is to provide the homeless with permanent, affordable housing and wraparound services (Samuels). Additional services are important because when providing a home for a homeless person, the social workers often have to deal with mental illnesses, drug addiction, and alcohol abuse in people provided with homes. Quite often, such people cannot take care of themselves, so at least minimum provided services would be necessary. Having researched the problem of homeless Samuels asks a tricky question, “Why not stimulate the creation of affordable housing so as to assist both the chronically homeless and those who are homeless temporarily?” It is evident that having a home is not just good for a person; it is good for society, but very often, the economic situation makes the cost of Housing unaffordable, and at this moment, the hour has struck for the government regulations. It was already mentioned that the situation with the homeless differs throughout the country. Due t