I don't know your circumstances, and first of all that is a great and generous thing you did for your friend. The one place I know of where a housing-first pol

I don't know your circumstances, and first of all that is a great and generous thing you did for your friend. The one place I know of where a housing-first policy has been implemented, Salt Lake City (or maybe all of Utah?), doesn't just give homeless people a set of keys. They do assign everyone a social worker at the same time. The goal is to minimize the risk of what happened to your friend; that isn't good for anyone, including the person spiraling. It's key, though, to start with a home (and a social worker). The wealthiest country in the world can do that for its people -- and it shouldn't be on private citizens, though that was generous of you.