> Providing housing can resolve problems in some cases, but there are people who are actively unwilling to stay in publicly provided housing (for a variety of r

> Providing housing can resolve problems in some cases, but there are people who are actively unwilling to stay in publicly provided housing (for a variety of reasons - although the most common I see is consistent drug use, closely followed by serious mental illness). Why don't we see what happens when we max out this intervention? Data seem to show that it would free up a lot of resources, and maybe some of those whom you're assuming will be recalcitrant won't be if housing options are ample. I think it's likely this would address 80% of the problem, and then we can see what the remaining 20% looks like qualitatively and quantitatively.