State of Homelessness

Today in class, my group reviewed what we learned this past week. We learned demographics of homelessness and we also learned about what the future looks like when it comes to homelessness. It turns out that even though homelessness decreased nationwide, it's increasing in 24 states including Washington DC. Why? Why is it decreasing but at the same time increasing everywhere? Is something really being done or is the homeless just dispersing throughout the country? That brings us to what is being done? We want to know what actions the government is making. How is it helping the homeless? 
“Homelessness is a lagging indicator and the effects of the poor economy on the problem are escalating and are expected to continue to do so over the next few years.” 
This quote really shocked us because we expected things to get better as the years went by instead of increasing. That makes us wonder if there is something we can do that is a fast process to save the homeless, to meet their needs. 
It also made us question the existence of jobs. Why do we need jobs if people who have jobs are also homeless? If 20% of the people homeless have part-time jobs or full-time jobs why are they still homeless? Shouldn't they be able to make enough to eat and have a roof over their heads? This all doesn't add up. Where is the money going? What's the government doing to help? And can we alleviate homelessness?