On Thursday, February 9th, 2017, the National Public Radio published the following article which describes how The South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH), will conduct its annual head count of the homeless population in San Antonio. Although this is a San Antonio-based survey, it will reflect the homeless population throughout other populous Texas cities. Homeless is a prevalent problem throughout the world and I can attest to the ample homeless population here in Austin. One of local government’s primary purposes is to ensure all locals have access to basic means of life, like having a home. Providing homeless shelters and scrapping our change to the next homeless person is progressive, but not cutting it. Louisa Jones flawlessly states in this article, “humanizing a homeless person can have a bigger impact than giving money.” It is fundamental to the well-being of our society that local government steps in to boost the awareness of the magnitude of adversity that is among the homeless.