It is a related question, there are plenty of people with marginal housing arrangements who live in weekly rate motels for more than half of each year; paying m

It is a related question, there are plenty of people with marginal housing arrangements who live in weekly rate motels for more than half of each year; paying more for housing that would cost them less if they had the economic stability to rent those same rooms by the month. So at the margin, the availability and constraints on the supply of housing units do directly affect some people who are homeless.