Caring volunteers in festive sweaters serving hot Christmas meals to homeless individuals in a cozy shelter dining hall, surrounded by cheerful decorations and twinkling lights — powerful concept

Shelter KC prepares for cold weather, serves Thanksgiving meals to homeless community

A homeless woman describes why the streets can be addictive—the freedom, the community, and even the lawlessness. She estimates that about 40% of the homeless population chooses this lifestyle. That reality runs headlong into the popular narrative that “housing ends homelessness.” Housing ends homelessness for people who want off the streets—nothing more, nothing less.#Homeless | Truth on the streets