The MeFi thread on this a few days ago had some good content, including the abstract from a study on just how drastically housing the homeless and/or alcoholic

The MeFi thread on this a few days ago had some good content, including the abstract from a study on just how drastically housing the homeless and/or alcoholic reduces overall costs to society http://www.metafilter.com/100658/Everyone-is-going-to-keep-drinking-its-probably-going-to-kill-them-and-no-ones-going-to-talk-them-out-of-it http://www.metafilter.com/100658/Everyone-is-going-to-keep-d... I still don't know how I feel about it, though. Just sad rather than strongly for or against.