Solution

How exactly do these American statistics apply to a country which has had minimal military action for decades?

No rationalizations are needed. Homeless people are people. They are being subjugated for being different (and many at a disadvantage). This is injustice.

They aren't being subjugated for being different. They are being subjugated for being an annoyance.

And "Homeless people are people" isn't an excuse, seeing that every other type of criminal is also a person.

That's might big talk until it's your turn to go without a roof.

This is why the government offers homeless shelters.

Government-provided homeless accommodation is patchy at best, dire in some cases, and all-too-frequently semi-privatised such that the modern-day Rachmans are paid by the taxpayer to keep the vulnerable at-risk.