I think this problem is much bigger than people realize in the US because homeless women and children are rarely visible. Couch surfing, going from shelter to shelter. When I was three my mom lost her job (she was assaulted at work and pushed the man back). We lived in a tent in friends' yards, then in a park with a space heater running in out tent. We weren't tripping on the street but transitioning back to employment was harder and harder the longer my mom had no address. That was in the 80s. The 20th Century was about capitalism vs. Communism. How can we feed and protect people in our society? I think the 21st century question, with increasing productivity and abundance, is how can we NOT? I don't think small business owners are the problem, in real estate or elsewhere. We need a living wage, welfare. We have to be smart enough to make it work.