> SF uses millions to house homeless in hotels. They also have tens of millions dedicated to programs to help educate, find jobs, and get people off of drugs.

> SF uses millions to house homeless in hotels. They also have tens of millions dedicated to programs to help educate, find jobs, and get people off of drugs. $100 million dollars divided by the approx. 8,000 homeless people in SF¹ (and that's just the ones the city was able to go around counting; I can guarantee that number's far below the actual homeless population) comes out to $12,500 per person. That doesn't cover the year's rent for even so much as a closet in SF, let alone something that even marginally qualifies as a home. So no, the solution I claim has not been done. Far from it. I'm quite frankly amazed the city could find hotel rooms for that cheap - or, the more likely explanation being that the city is only putting that money toward a fraction of the homeless population. ---- ¹: https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population