You’re not wrong, I suspect, but I also suspect it’s hard to tailor what each person needs. Some need a one-time fix to get back on their feet and be functional, and others would need daily attention from a social worker, and some need more than that. And, I suppose, there are some few who are fully functional and choose this and need to be left alone.
It’s tricky. Also, figuring out how to house the long-term homeless who need a lot of care is tricky because finding communities that won’t revolt at their presence is hard.
I have a neighbor who helps a highly functional homeless guy who rides a pretty amazing home-built cargo bike and has a well-trained dog who rides on it – he lets him stay in his garage/guest quarters sometimes in exchange for household work. Perfectly harmless and even beneficial, but it does raise some eyebrows and cause some questions to be asked. And that’s one guy.
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