I think thread poster is only commenting on the smaller, yet much more visible mental ill homelessness. While housing is the solution to true majority of homel

I think thread poster is only commenting on the smaller, yet much more visible mental ill homelessness. While housing is the solution to true majority of homelessness (like your individual income experience with the teacher), people like the individual above above make valid observations. They’re pointing out problems that, at the very least, get intermingled with consequences of homes being unaffordable for all. This need not be a value judgement on their character. It is a value judgement on actions, which is something that not only is fair (all are in control of what they choose to do), but necessary for a functioning society (how else do you morally compel folks to follow laws and determine responsibility if not by one’s actions?). The solution is to both make housing affordable to every person *and* ensure everyone who needs it takes it.