Along the lines your discussing, homelessness is not inherently something that needs to be solved. I've known completely functional homeless people, who had regular jobs, and just preferred to spend their money on hobbies.

It is important to disentangle homeless by choice and homeless by circumstance.

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The Homelessness Crisis

I agree there is that element, plenty of people who don't want to work. It's something in society that we are often forbidden to point out (especially in left leaning circles) yet it exists, whether we want to admit it or not. I don't think homelessness is cut and dry, there are many factors. There are some people who actually don't want help. They don't want to be taken "back into the system" as it were. 