While mental health and addiction contribute to homelessness these conditions are wildly exacerbated by homelessness. Housing first has shown startling success

While mental health and addiction contribute to homelessness these conditions are wildly exacerbated by homelessness. Housing first has shown startling success rates. The only reason it stopped working was that cities that piloted the programs stopped funding it. Why did we stop funding it? Dunno, ideological weirdness?