So American Homelessness...

A further "bonus" is that once you get a conviction on record it makes it even harder to get out of homelessness by not only making it incredibly difficult to get a job but also any place you might rent that does a background check.

It's a vicious cycle of worse and worse outcomes.

I was homeless for 8 years (January actually marked 8 years being in my apartment) and I saw that cycle constantly.