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I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin.

I've been homeless. I've worked at 7-Eleven.

One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.

Homelessness is an issue close to my heart.

The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.

I've been homeless on a few occasions.

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

It is shameful that millions of Americans are suffering the economic injustice of working a full-time job and earning a wage that leaves them below the poverty line.

When we foster an economy without hope, we guarantee that a segment of our population will be destined to know homelessness on a permanent basis, and not for the one night I voluntarily spent at a shelter.

Millions of Americans are either underemployed or unemployed.