@Elderberry@Cyber LibertyIf a person wants to be homeless, he/she is going to be homeless no matter how much money is thrown at the problem.
Other countries, cities in other countries, have tried giving the homeless people money per month to find a place to live and stay here. It didn't work anywhere, the people used the money for whatever, not getting an apartment, etc, and the money was stopped.
See, if you live with four walls around you, you have to make decisions about how to get food. That means leaving the four walls to find it. It is easier to live on the street and eat whatever comes along - no decisions. If you get sick on the street, go to an emergency room and get treated, paying nothing. Everything is free on the street.
A story: My husband was going to have a serious surgery so he was put in hospital the day before the surgery. Another man was brought to the room to be in the other bed in the room. He was obviously dirty and unkempt with ragged clothes - he was not yet in a hospital gown.
A nurse came in with some papers for him to fill out. He yelled, "I'm not signing anything and you have to keep me here and take care of me!" She said the papers would help pay for his treatment. He threw the papers on the floor, again yelling he wasn't signing them.
I followed the nurse out and said I didn't want my husband in this room and using the same bathroom as this dirty man since husband was having surgery the next day - didn't want this man's germs in the room or in the bathroom anywhere near husband. She agreed; husband was quickly moved to a single room.
Question: If living on the street is all free stuff, why are we not all living on the street? Life is easier on the street, no decisions to make. Excuse me for a while, leaving home to live on the street. Will take computer and find a free electric outlet somewhere. Will check some garbage behind a high class restaurant to see if I can find some free chicken and free cigarette butts to smoke.