From my experience talking with some people who work in housing for those on income assistance that would be homeless without subsidized housing, there are inde

From my experience talking with some people who work in housing for those on income assistance that would be homeless without subsidized housing, there are indeed so, so many different situations that a broad variety in different housing is required! Some housing is effectively not terribly different from seniors homes, for seniors who simply have run out of money and have nowhere to go. Some housing is women's only for women who have escaped dangerous abuse situations and do not want to be around men. Some housing is "dry" for people who previously had addictions issues and are trying very hard to stay that way. Some housing for people who are "hard to house" and who require a great deal more help and attention than other groups. It's all important and needed. My main takeaway is like many deeply complex problems, you have to start to break things up in chunks and tackle things independently. Some aspects easier than others, and others will take more time and money and attention. If you try to treat everything the same and lump everything together it'll never work.