Is confined to the fringes of society and does not affect the societal core. American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association A prominent commentary in a leading news magazine echoed the chief executive's perspective and portrayed the homeless as rebels, voluntary exiles who could but He pointed to the vast number of jobs available in the want ads of the typical Sunday paper, jobs that were presumably available to any motivated homeless worker who made the effort required to apply. President Reagan reassured the American public that the federal safety net was operational and effective for those who sought its help.2 Persistently homeless street people, he suggested, were deviants who chose their homeless lifestyles voluntarily. Study after study highlighted the fact that many homeless persons were mentally ill, that they often suffered from substance abuse disorders and severe social isolation, and that many were members of racial minority groups. While the paradox of expanding homelessness amid unprecedented economic growth gained widespread attention, homelessness was still seen as a peripheral issue and a problem of marginal populations. Although, in the late 1980s, the United States experienced the longest sustained period of economic growth of the postwar period, homelessness did not disappear, nor did its growth abate.
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