>Yet life is better on pretty much every material metric you list. Lack of housing and the subsequent high cost of housing is a serious issue. Taking steps to

>Yet life is better on pretty much every material metric you list. Lack of housing and the subsequent high cost of housing is a serious issue. Taking steps to avoid people becoming homeless in the first place is extremely important. And has certainly become much, much worse. It is a large factor in the amount of addiction and street drug use.