stereotypes

I just read a dynamic expose of the myths of homelessness.
1. Homelessness is not a recession-induced phenomenon.
Income inequality and persistent poverty are silent causes of homelessness since the Reagan years.
2. To end homelessness we need more affordable housing. There is no county in America where a person earning minimum wage can afford the median cost of housing, so being house poor leads to more homeless individuals.
3. We need both sandwiches and solutions. Just feeding the homeless doesn't resolve the main issues like how to extricate one from this predicament.
4. Stereotypes are wrong -- most homeless people fly under the radar.
We can't see it.
Most people stereotypically envision a homeless man as bedraggled, sleeping in a paper box with a bottle of whiskey in his hand or someone panhandling for drugs or cigarettes.
There's families in need sleeping in cars or in tents.
5. Get mad and do something.