It isnt voting that kills off these things. It's campaign financing. Profit friendly "solutions" tend to get given prominence (e.g. a new mental health clinic

It isnt voting that kills off these things. It's campaign financing. Profit friendly "solutions" tend to get given prominence (e.g. a new mental health clinic or two) over profit-unfriendly solutions that actually work (e.g. rent control, building competing housing that decreases the value of existing stock). It's not really about voter preferences, though. It's about $$$. If you genuinely believe that homelessness is primarily solved with obviously palliative solutions like mental health clinics then you're probably quite a credulous person. The people touting these ideas certainly know they dont work and if there were more money in actually building housing they'd guide you to believe that instead.