I am truely thankful to the city of Sacramento for assisting me ending my 10 year bout with homelessness. I credit the people of faith here, that showed a geniune love of their fellow mankind. Through lther loving kindness and services I was able to apply into my life the source of their goodness, faith in Jesus Christ. I went on to work at the Volunteers of America Bannon Street Shelter, becoming its' Supervisor for 10 years. Only health issues ushered me into retirement, but I have never been free of the plight of the homeless. It is a complex issue to say the least and getting more complex everyday, surely drug and alcohol addiction as well as mental health and the current housing crisis swells the brim of homeless. Veterans and Social Security recipients are a large number of the homeless as well. Getting the right services and assistance to each one is a big task, but each one most be addressed individually. Incentive programs for property management teams or owners might open up more units of housing for the homesless, but some sort of case managment as a follow up must be a component if the cycle is truely to be broken by long term homeless. Affordable housing and rent control are two components that would assist the majority, Jobs are increasingly harder ro come by which now compounds the problem. Definitely not a pretty picture for those folks still out there homeless. There is no one solution to this problem. I sure wish there was. Drug and Alcohol recovery programs, long term transition homes and education on basic life skills, budgeting and lifestyle choices are a few things that come to mind. Anyway thanks for letting me ramble on regardng this subject and again thank you Sacramento for being a part of my road back to recovery and my end to my homelessness.