This is also why the UK is very, very far away from housing first. The war on affordable housing is alive and well there. Pretending that guaranteeing shelter

This is also why the UK is very, very far away from housing first. The war on affordable housing is alive and well there. Pretending that guaranteeing shelter where you are at significant risk of being raped and robbed is almost the same thing as guaranteeing an apartment of your own is dishonest. There isn't really another way to describe it.