Apparently there are some rich Americans that have lobbied to make homeless a crime. That is equal to making poverty a crime, as well as making existence a crime as everyone needexist someplace even if they can’t afford housing.
Wealth is terribly concentrated in the U.S.A. If the leaders of both major parties were not so concerned with enriching themselves they might understand that it ordinary and poor Americans had a significant portion of the national income there would be far fewer homeless Americans.
Since the end of the Cold War the value of Wall Street has increased more than 2300% while wages barely reached a 30% increase. Marie Antoinette said to let the peasants eat cake if they have no bread. The millionaires and billionaires today can say to the 50 million Americans with less than 1% of the national income; get a job and buy a house. The media price of a new home is about $400,000.
