We also need volunteers to drive children to school and adults to work sites. Most of the homeless are drug addicts and alcoholics. The truth is that many families and children are homeless, because affordable housing is just not available. Most homeless are just lazy. The truth is that many homeless people have jobs .
Homelessness is a big city problem.
The truth is that charity organizations in Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Moore and Warren counties reported 750 cases of homelessness in 1998. Four people died this summer, because they were homeless. People earning minimum wage can afford to rent. The truth is a minimum wage earner in Florida would have to work 93 hours a week to afford fair markter rent. A Californian would have to work 116 hours.