Reading the comments here makes me sick to my stomach. You people should be ashamed of yourselves, instead of looking for humane solutions, and looking at the root causes of homelessness, you find it easier to beat your chests and look down on your fellow citizens who don't come from or have access to the same means you have.
The ravages of Capitalism have caused this breakdown. The lack of Christian love certainly needs to be examined as well. I have often found it interesting that the Christian Right Wing votes for people who really could care less about the destitute. "Ship them somewhere else." seems to be the only solution you have for an issue which should garner sympathy yet instead seems to attract the worst of human nature. I sympathize for those neighbors who don't want their things stolen, I live in Spenard and see the problem daily, but the solution is not to 'ship them off' or to put them in jail, but to encourage programs to help these people with their issues.