With less than a month until the midterm elections, Americans are being offered competing visions for the country’s future. Questions about government spending, public safety, economic security and the role of federal institutions are dominating the political conversation. And homelessness, as it so often does, has become another battleground in a much larger ideological fight. But while politicians debate what should happen to people experiencing homelessness, far less attention is being paid to what those individuals have to say about their own futures. That disconnect was particularly striking last month, when hundreds of advocates and leaders gathered in San Jose...