The Issue
Where ever an average person travels on the road, they go in cars. On their way they usually see many people without the same opportunities as them. They could be genuine people and help them out, but then they decide to give them nothing because the signal changed to green. However, they don’t give them money because people think the homeless are not deserving of their money. Texas is facing a huge homelessness crisis and something needs to be done about it. People need money and trust to make sure the money is not used for drugs. We need stable money for the homeless.
Where Is Our World Today
Fun Facts
In 2016 there were an estimated 7,000 homeless individuals in the Austin area.
In January of 2016, there was about 39,471 homeless veterans. Now as of December 2017, there are over 57,000 homeless veterans all of the U.S.
In the United States over 500,000 people are homeless and about one quarter of those people are children.
Over the last year in Texas, the homeless population in Texas has increased by almost 2 %!!!
In Bexar County in San Antonio, there are over 2,700 homeless people alone. That is more than 10% of all the homeless people in Texas!
28% of homeless people in austin are children at about 662 kids including toddlers.