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I really don't buy the "cost of living" explanation. Are we suggesting that these homeless people can't afford $1800 a month per rent, but are somehow going to get a more reasonable $1000/month apartment?

Exactly what job are you going to get if you smell, are missing teeth, have an alcohol problem, don't own clean clothes, and potentially have mental health issues?

I think we need to think outside the box on this one.

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You seem to think that you wake up one day and you are a stereotypical 'high visibility homeless person'. Plenty of homeless people are struggling on the edge of normality (especially women) and are sleeping in cars, looking relatively clean and well-behaved.

Aside from the hard-core mentally ill, a lot of people might be relatively easily intercepted before they wind up looking/acting like the person you describe.