The article is about how the homeless are perceived and the reason why these perceptions are created and how they work. It is not a "Homeless is bad-what do we do about it" piece.

The point is not for me-a retired journalist and writer-to come up with solutions. It seems strange to me that people would expect someone like me who is not an activist or advocate for the houseless but simply a writer to somehow have all the answers that have obviously eluded educated professionals and those who labored to help the homeless for decades.

That you have ideas that possibly might work as solutions is the point. The point is that you the reader should think about this issue and how it is framed and maybe come up with possible solutions or even concepts. I prefer an audience be active not passive as regards such issues.