“What if you woke up today to what you thanked God for yesterday? » I saw this sign hanging on the wall at a friend's house and it shocked me when I read it. I would have absolutely nothing. I have so much to be grateful for, but I never thought about it. I would not have any of my possessions, which at that time seemed like necessities, nor any of my friends and family. I'm not saying you have to become religious to be grateful for something, but there are people who don't have any of those things we consider necessary for basic survival. After a long day of school or work, some people do not have the privilege of lying in a comfortable bed and have the privilege of having food available to them whenever they want it. These less fortunate people make up the homeless population not only in the United States, but around the world. Homelessness is a problem because society stereotypes and discriminates against it, it has increased without any effort to end it, and it is dangerous to people's health. Stereotyping is something that everyone does unconsciously and, unfortunately, something that people are very good at. The common opinion about a homeless person is that they are dirty and plagued by disease, but they are still human beings who are not as fortunate as the rest of us. It is not a simple mistake or a bad choice that leads someone to find themselves on the street, it is a series of errors and a bit of bad luck that transform the lives of these people from bad to worse (Thibodeau ). More often than not, most of the problems that put people on the street can normally be solved on their own, but when faced with these challenges, it is easy to find a bank account that is emptying faster than it can be replenished. Most people can afford to make more paper......rsion=1.0>.Kann, Ashley. “Unequal funding, crippling mass. Homeless shelters.” GoLocalWorcester. Np, June 2, 2012. Web. October 21, 2013. .Kozol Jonathan. “Intouchables”, Book, Patterns for Purpose, Ed. Clouse, Barbra, McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, June 12, 2008. Print.Malagna, Steven. “The plague of professional begging”. The City Journal. The City Journal, nd Web. November 19, 2013. .McKinney-Vento Act (Washington DC: National Coalition for the Homeless, 2006). O'Flaherty, Brendan. Making space: the economics of homelessness. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Thibodeau, Tom. Personal interview. October 10. 2013.