Some decades back during a big crisis, Athens, Greece managed to solve its issues. It was a grass roots movement that the government basically rubber-stamped.

Some decades back during a big crisis, Athens, Greece managed to solve its issues. It was a grass roots movement that the government basically rubber-stamped. https://www.reddit.com/r/HousingWorks/comments/l6im7f/why_does_athens_look_so_quirky/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HousingWorks/comments/l6im7f/why_do... https://www.reddit.com/r/CitizenPlanners/comments/lslfqg/meet_the_13yearold_guerrilla_swingbuilder_making/gqj229q/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/CitizenPlanners/comments/lslfqg/mee... People may well end up moving out of the big cities. But unless you are expecting a population crash for humanity globally, we just need more housing somewhere in the US. I suspect California is so hard hit in part because we actively export homelessness from other states to California because the dry, temperate weather means sleeping outside isn't much of a hardship. And then there are myriad barriers to getting back into housing that help keep people long-term homeless once you are there. It can be difficult to physically leave California on foot: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21309036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21309036 Climate: https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2019/10/climate-and-unsheltered-homeless-in.html https://streetlifesolutions.blogspot.com/2019/10/climate-and... For every 100 families living in poverty on the West Coast, there are no more than 30 affordable homes https://www.geekwire.com/2018/every-100-families-living-poverty-west-coast-no-30-affordable-homes/ https://www.geekwire.com/2018/every-100-families-living-pove... Across the US we need to be resolving our housing issues rooted in decades of housing policy gone awry. That's one of the things that needs to happen here.