House the Homeless

Homelessness is considered pretty much an accepted part of life in New York City and has been for decades—the man asking for money when you exit a building, the woman holding a child in her arms who speaks to the entire subway car, the shoeless man with a sign on the sidewalk or the man with the jingling cup asking passersby for spare change.

Although many might consider the homeless a nuisance or an unnoticeable part of the New York experience, the problem is real, and some say the city is ignoring the fact that the problem is growing.