Not all homeless are alcohol or drug dependent.  What has happened to the compassion in people of this country?  The "I've got mine, screw the rest of you." attitude seems to have taken over many of our citizens.  How can you justify weeks or months worth of paperwork and bureaucracy to keep a person from freezing to death?  The temperatures are going to dip below zero F in the next week,  How many need to die before something is done to help those who are unable to help themselves?