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A very large percentage of people experiencing homelessness have severe issues with mental illness or substance abuse. How do you propose to deal with the damag

A very large percentage of people experiencing homelessness have severe issues with mental illness or substance abuse. How do you propose to deal with the damage caused to homes that will likely be common? I'm hugely in favor of guaranteeing housing, but putting homeless people in random houses and apartments scattered across the country is unlikely to actually work. Do any other countries actually do this to solve homelessness? We need emergency and temporary housing with heavy support for many homeless people, and then more standard housing for people once they're more stabilized.

sillystuff 4y ago
50% of homeless in US were kids in foster care. And, 1 in 4 kids in foster care become homeless after aging out. Some US homeless are mentally ill, but the majority are people without any safety net-- either societal (since they reside in the US), or familial. https://nfyi.org/issues/homelessness/ https://nfyi.org/issues/homelessness/
- TulliusCicero 4y ago
  > the majority are people without any safety net I mean this is essentially true by definition, but it doesn't conflict with mental illness or substance abuse problems being factors as well. I don't disagree with your point though. We could do much better as a society. There should always be some bare minimum safe and secure housing available, even if it's basic.