But the fact of the matter is, when we bring up the fact that modern day homelessness as we know it is not that old of a phenomenon, that In the early 80s, as the social safety net was shredded apart, we saw this spike in homelessness. that we now know as modern day homelessness in our American cities, when people recognize that this is actually a newer phenomenon and that we can actually end homelessness, then there's hope, and I think there's real belief. (02:30–02:37)
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Asserts that the rise in homelessness began in the early 1980s due to reductions in social safety nets.
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