[meri_dian]

Homelessness, both in San Francisco and elsewhere is not rooted in housing but in drugs and mental illness.

Building more low income housing won't address those root causes or noticeably ameliorate homelessness as a symptom, because most homeless people cannot hold down a job and have 0 income, aside from begging.

There is no easy solution, but allowing the mentally ill to fend for themselves on the streets in the name of freedom is morally naive. Put them in institutions and get them off the streets.

[acdha]

It seems like you need to address both: Utah has seen good results from providing housing because that makes treatment programs more likely to succeed but it's a very hard problem without a silver bullet.

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678779/Is-Utah-still-...