> Only a fraction of homeless are homeless because they were priced out of their homes. Do you have a source for this? It seems excessively cruel and smacks of

> Only a fraction of homeless are homeless because they were priced out of their homes. Do you have a source for this? It seems excessively cruel and smacks of "othering" a group of vulnerable individuals. My impression is that many people/families teeter on the edge of poverty, and not having enough "low end" housing supply is a huge part of that. If your entire support network is in a single city than just moving somewhere cheaper isn't an option, nor is going out to the suburbs where a car is required. So then you have this yawning chasm from $0 for "homeless" up to $1000+ for "tiny apartment". Sure, maybe it's possible to split something with friends (if you have/trust them) or whatever, but it's not hard to see a cycle where job loss leads to home loss and suddenly it's impossible to get a job again because you're not properly slept or groomed. Having dorm-style housing options at a half or quarter the price of "tiny apartment" would double or quadruple the amount of runway you have after job loss or injury before you're caught in the cycle of unemployability.