There is no sure way to tell exactly how many people in our country are actually homeless. According to author Sheldon Brown, “[nearly] 2 million become homeless over the course of a year.” This is a statistic we need to change. It is realistic and heartbreaking that so many people in our country have to go through this. Every night in the United States, “an estimated 750,000 Americans” (Brown) are homeless and sleep wherever they can find a place to lie down, such as “subway caves, empty buildings, public areas” (Brown). It is also estimated that "one in 50 American children is homeless," writer Christine Vestal quoted. Between 2007 and 2009 there was "a 39% increase" (Vestal) in the number of homeless people. If our government chose to spend the money it sends by sea on our own people, we could afford to house every American. The YouTube video “Faces of Homelessness: Candid Homeless Interviews” by JoppaOutreach shows the true face of homelessness and that anything can contribute to homelessness. They interviewed a man named Tommy, who at age 50 decided to sign up