The homeless population continues to grow as the cost of housing is unaffordable. The rising numbers of homeless will never be stopped as long as Necessities are out of reach for the majority: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-homeless-count-release-20150511-story.html Homeless teens with and without their homeless families: https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-homeless-teens This is where I watched it begin in the 80's when the cost of housing in New York City became unaffordable. I lived for 17 years in New York and the homeless were never visible and were considered an "oddity". Suddenly huge numbers were visible all over NYC, on 5th avenue, Park Avenue, East Side, West Side, everywhere you went: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31791019