They should be solid houses, yes. They aren't always, obviously, but that's the goal. The term of art for this is permanent supportive housing, which is handy

They should be solid houses, yes. They aren't always, obviously, but that's the goal. The term of art for this is permanent supportive housing, which is handy if you want to look for more research and documentation. Seattle currently has 1,900 units (building more this year) and we have a 99%+ success rate at keeping people from re-entering homelessness. Our homeless problem is still awful, but that's because a) pandemic and b) we've been hanging around 10,000 people living on the streets, so the units are a pretty small percentage of what we need. We're not putting all our housing in one place, which alleviates the stigma problem. There is not a ton of research on the effect supportive housing has on the crime rate nearby, but the research we do have suggests that it's a relatively minor problem that can be solved: https://www.huduser.gov/publications/pdf/support_1.pdf https://www.huduser.gov/publications/pdf/support_1.pdf (Denver, PDF) https://furmancenter.org/research/publication/the-impact-of-supportive-housing-on-surrounding-neighborhoods-evidence https://furmancenter.org/research/publication/the-impact-of-... (NYC)