> People don't refuse help that they need and want. If large groups of people are consistently refusing the help then it is not the help they need. This is a t

> People don't refuse help that they need and want. If large groups of people are consistently refusing the help then it is not the help they need. This is a tautology. You are essentially defining the word "help" as whatever homeless people define help to be, yet you give some credence to the fact that homeless people might not actually know what is actually helpful for them. What is good for homeless people that are on drugs, that don't want to go to a homeless shelter, that don't want psychiatric help are very often bad for everyone else around them. So maybe we should stop making decisions that put the liberties of homeless people first. In NYC where I live, two Asian women were killed by black, homeless men in this past month. I'm frankly not interested in making my language any more flowery for your taste with homeless people. I'm only interested in real policy solutions. Until you actually acknowledge the violence, the degeneration of our subway, streets, and city, then we're not going to be able to talk any further.