Helping the Homeless

The headline reads, "HUD awards $1.4B in grants for homeless".

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_on_go_ot/homeless_grants

By what stretch of the imagination is it the responsibility of the FEDERAL government to care for the homeless in cities across our nation?

Historically, the homeless have always been a local problem, falling on volunteer organizations and city governments. These grants cost millions in DC and millions in cities across the country to administer, making middle-class government workers the primary beneficiaries of the program.

I contend that this is a prime example of an unconstitutional use of FEDERAL tax dollars.