It's working just fine. The point of spending the $17B is not to help homeless people. The point is to pay well-connected groups of people to say they are doing

It's working just fine. The point of spending the $17B is not to help homeless people. The point is to pay well-connected groups of people to say they are doing something to address homelessness. This sounds good when printed in the media, and is as good a reason as any to give those interests large sums of money. These interests are some combination of government departments, NGOs, and private companies. It comes full-circle, because these interests often are able to coordinate large voting blocks to keep the wheel turning. Working perfectly and as designed.