It was heartening to see Richard Borreca’s column about cooperation between Gov. Josh Green and Mayor Rick Blangiardi to create the Aala Respite facility (“Without political rivalry, governor and Honolulu mayor are able to address homelessness,” Star-Advertiser, On Politics, Sept. 22). This is a step forward for helping the homeless in our community. We need many small steps like this to stop the bleeding, but unless we significantly change our terrible neoliberal economy and society, we’ll never make a lasting difference in homelessness.