> #2 its hard to imagine someone being more comfortable on the street that in a housing provided by the gov First off, the following is all anecdotal based on

> #2 its hard to imagine someone being more comfortable on the street that in a housing provided by the gov First off, the following is all anecdotal based on some articles I read a few years back now so take it with a grain of salt. New York had a program to house the homeless in hotels after running the numbers and concluding it would be cheaper to do so in the long run compared to the medical expenses and so on incurred. As part of that, I believe somewhere between 5 - 10% of people would persistently return to the streets despite having shelter provided. Most homeless are people in a dark period of their lives and get back on their feet with some aid to break the bootstrapping problem. A small portion however are considered to always end up there despite any help for whatever reason whether it's mental illness, drug use and so on. Of course, I'm not citing any links and I'm probably misremembering so I'd encourage you to do some more searching if you're interested. It seems like the NYC Hotel program was disestablished recently too.