You stated the answer is to "build housing at the rate and income levels needed to house people" however that's clearly ignoring important aspects of the issues

You stated the answer is to "build housing at the rate and income levels needed to house people" however that's clearly ignoring important aspects of the issues and is not a long term solution. Housing is complex, takes effort. To build and pay for, and then also to maintain and keep livable and operational. Many of those homeless have observed inability to take care of things consistently over times. Probably related to impulse control. It's a continual effort/challenge to keep one's life on the 'straight and narrow' to keep the many aspects working. It's hard for the average person - they work at it continually. Whether, and HOW it's possible, for which percentage of the homeless population, to be able to keep on the 'straight and narrow' and look after a home they have been gifted from others hard work is an important part of the 'the answer' that you talked about. Otherwise you get the situation of the workers building the homeless expensive buildings that are not treated with respect as homes but instead neglected or actively destroyed over time. So 'the answer' you proposed isn't realistic. The closest thing to what you said that may actually work is to first build them a home, then maintain it for them financially as well as operationally, and then continually repair that home when the damage gets too bad. In other words a house with ongoing service agreement. And of course food and healthcare as well. Oh and internet and entertainment, and support when the drugs has caused another problem. Meanwhile this is like 'retirement' that the hardworking part of the population strives and works their ass off to get to as a 'goal'. If I understand your proposal of taking lifes major goals for the productive and just giving it to those who don't take accountability for themselves, I wonder if your solution would be fundamentally destructive to society because then why would productive people work, if instead they can get high regularly while other people work for them?