Based on this video and their website, the National Coalition for the Homeless does a good job of appealing to progressives and republicans alike. The video features former homeless individuals that look like everyday people – those that look like they could be one of your neighbors.
While most progressives would immediately be in any support of helping the homeless population, the coalition does a good job of appealing to conservatives by showing that they’re not for offering homeless people monetary handouts, but they are for giving them the tools to get sober, cure illnesses, find a job and get their own home.
Also, on their website, they make it clear that the reason most are homeless is NOT due to laziness, but due to the fact that there is a shortage of affordable housing (over 5 million families use over half of their income to pay for just housing alone) and a simultaneous increase in poverty due to a lack of jobs. They also continue to dispel the myth that they are lazy by letting people know that over 17.4% of homeless adults in families are employed while 13% of homeless single adults or unaccompanied youth are employed.
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