This smacks of poverty porn and blaming the most vulnerable victims of decades of the elites of both flavors, neoliberals and neoconservatives, stripping social

This smacks of poverty porn and blaming the most vulnerable victims of decades of the elites of both flavors, neoliberals and neoconservatives, stripping social services and underfunding proper mental healthcare that JFK left unfinished and was obliterated by subsequent figures, especially Reagan. The knee-jerk reaction hasn't been housing or humanity, but arrests, tossing property away randomly, disdain, ostensible sympathy and occasional hate. That's the reality and there's no quick fix, but to me, single-point-of-contact, unified delivery, involved social workers who care + housing + mental healthcare + drug treatment + investing in those who can work is a lot better than letting people waste away in squalor. It's embarrassing!