My donations would be to help homeless veterans.

If you make $150k, work in tech, have zero savings, and are renting in a HCOL area that's very different than someone that's homeless, has no marketable skills, etc.

When it came time to raise rents, the tenant, who was Section 8 and on a fixed income, called Jim up, worried sick that she would not be able to afford a rent hike and that she would be homeless.  

I think he meant that there are so many vacancies on the force, and so much scrutiny of the job cops are doing, and so many social problems such as homelessness and stress brought on by the need to make $20-$30 an hour minimum to live here, that if the pay doesn't incentivize good cops coming here then Asheville is facing a crime and safety catastrophe that has in fact already begun. 

I’m sure this increase in tax will solve the homeless problem.

Calls to her caseworker simply resulted in "tell her she can't do that", or "tell her you're allowed to charge her more for extra people", and "you'll have to prove she's doing that".Seasoned S8 tenants likely know that the objective of the program is to keep them from being homeless, and the agencies/caseworkers have the same goal in mind.

In this article, we will explore five smart strategies to ensure a seamless move without the stress of being homeless.

Like what is the homeless population like and what are the plans to revitalize downtown area.

Last time I passed through I thought that the homeless population seemed to have increased though. 

Homeless with my single-mother and 3 kids family as a teenager for 4 months living in a tent.