>Edit to add: before someone mentions "mental illness" and "drugs" and other contributors to homelessness, yes those are real factors While that is definitely

>Edit to add: before someone mentions "mental illness" and "drugs" and other contributors to homelessness, yes those are real factors While that is definitely true, I'd add that less than ten percent[0] of homeless people have drug dependency/mental health issues, as was discussed recently[1] on HN. Which bolsters your point that it's affordable housing that's at issue. I live in NYC and that's one of our biggest issues too, but for different reasons [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27953080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27953080 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948732 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27948732