(Archived document, may contain errors) 5/4/87 44 AMERICA'S HOMELESS: A MANAGEABLE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION J@U a 's Homeless," May 8gd ting Backgrounder No. 431, "A Strategy for Helping America 6, INTRODUCTION
Since the beginning of the War on Poverty, government has spent vast sums on welfare or aid to the poor, but the aggregate cost of this assistance is largely unknown because the spending is fragmented into myriad programs.