The plight of the homeless/unhoused population is severe in Houston: In 2016, there were close to 5,700 homeless (with 2,100 of them in jail)
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So, why do we serve? We can tell you that if all of the people
who have helped us had waited until we "deserved" it we may not have survived. In our experience, there are four broad types of people who are homeless. They might have lost a job or maybe medical bills got to be too much and so they lost everything. They may have escaped from an abusive relationship. This group is likely to be living out of a car and most just need help starting over. The second type are those who are homeless due to either current or prior poor life choices. We see both current and recovering addicts and alcoholics. There are also many ex-cons, who have no family or place to go to after their release and end up continuing to pay for past mistakes. Then there are the mentally ill. The streets are the sanitariums for the poor in this country. Many are unable to care for themselves consistently, if at all. Some can't hold a job; some can't even hold a conversation. Lastly, there are the lazy. We'd be lying if we said hustlers and people who don't want to do squat didn't exist. Laziness exists regardless of social strata. The thing is, though, we don't care why someone is homeless. When we are distributing personal care items we don't decide who is worthy or deserving of our help. We help as many people as we can regardless of their situation.
