There is a lot of homelessness and poverty in every major city in the world. This is a sad reality for many people. Often it is easy to find ways to help the poor during Christmas time and hopefully we can continue on throughout the year.
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
We do not have the answer to end poverty and perhaps at this time long ago Moses did not either. But even if we do not have the perfect answer, the question itself is worth asking.