Here's the retort: "If this program is so successful, why do I still see all these degenerates?" You can house 50% of the homeless and the average voter won't

Here's the retort: "If this program is so successful, why do I still see all these degenerates?" You can house 50% of the homeless and the average voter won't give one iota of damn unless they see a decrease in the homeless in their surroudings. The most visible homeless are those who will be kicked out of these kinds of programs--often for substance abuse (as was, in fact, pointed out in the article). Even if they are "successful", these programs will keep getting defunded unless you somehow decrease the quantity of the most visible homeless.