Read the excerpt from a 2021 New York
Times editorial.
In the cities where homelessness is concentrated, like
New York and Los Angeles, the sheer scale of the
crisis makes it difficult to focus on the individual cases.
But in the words of Rosanne Haggerty, the founder of
Community Solutions, 'Homelessness is an inadequate
description of a million different housing crises.' The
problems are individual, and until the government
knows how many people need help, it's impossible to
know how far America's communities still have to go.
-New York Times Opinion, January 28, 2021


Which statement best describes this editorial's point of
view about the government and the homelessness
crisis?

Helping people experiencing homelessness in large
cities such as New York and Los Angeles is easier
than in smaller cities.


Many people whom the government considers
homeless are in fact in a different kind of housing
situation.


It's impossible for the government to get an accurate
count of the number of people experiencing
homelessness in a big city.


It's important to get an accurate count of the
population experiencing homelessness to plan a
helpful government response.