It's relevant to the conversation in that 1) having a home is a basic necessary building block on the path to some sort of stability and management of mental il

It's relevant to the conversation in that 1) having a home is a basic necessary building block on the path to some sort of stability and management of mental illness and 2) being homeless is bad for mental health. Politicians seem to be going "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas" shrug and leaping to "lets institutionalize everyone" before they've done any basic things that would improve the mental health and wellbeing of people. It's very depressing to see.