Yes, there is a known and direct connection between the availability of affordable housing -- which I mean in the most literal fashion possible of "market rate

Yes, there is a known and direct connection between the availability of affordable housing -- which I mean in the most literal fashion possible of "market rate housing that a poor person can afford on their budget" -- and homelessness. We have torn down a million SROs and largely zoned out of existence the ability to create a lot of standard historical housing forms, currently known in some circles as Missing Middle Housing. And then we act like we just cannot understand why people are sleeping in the streets. It's such a mystery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy There are other factors, but I desperately wish we would remedy the known dearth of affordable housing stock across the country.