Many more homeless everywhere from what I read. No easy fixes and the health and welfare systems everywhere are pretty stretched. Very sobering when I realize that whole families are in this situation. I'm told our town has taken to housing homeless families in motels and such. I heard something about that a while ago but didn't really understand what it was all about. Someone else told me a homeless woman suffered serious burns from a lamp fire in a tent behind one of the factories here.

Are we doing enough? What are the long term plans? Grassroots rumblings exist I'm sure but definitive action [it seems] is rare even in better times. I'm talking here about the problem in bigger cities over the years. Seems everyone acknowledges the problem but the practical answers are scarce. I realize it's not easy but it's pretty bad seeing people marginalized like this.

The problem is money I suppose. Times are tough all over. For government coffers as well. No easy solutions. The current state of the economy world wide is poor. It will take time before definitive effective action is possible. In the meantime small programs will have to do what they can. For many it'll continue to be rough for some time. Pardon the note. Just thinking out loud. Still a bit shocked after reading up on the local situation.