Some unaccounted things: 1) You have to pay extra to get a landlord to agree to the risk of housing a homeless person with likely no way to pay rent if the gov

Some unaccounted things: 1) You have to pay extra to get a landlord to agree to the risk of housing a homeless person with likely no way to pay rent if the government program ends who also is more likely to have drug problems / mental health issues. This person may also be more likely to harass other tenants. Even if you don't believe this to be true, many landlords will and they won't agree to rent to such people without a substantial extra charge. 2) Cost in potential missed rent from neighboring tenants. If a landlord agrees to this program and other tenants move out due to the behavior of the homeless tenant, then that lost cost is also a problem.