Then who pays to maintain the home, pay the property taxes, utilities? Who pays to unclog the plumbing? Do you keep paying if they keep destroying things?
Lacking a home is actually not the problem for the majority of the homeless.
It's addiction and mental illness and both are very hard to treat, especially those unwilling to be treated.
Damn ... I never thought of it! Mental illness and addiction must be the cause! living in a homeless encampment might be the best solution for mental illness! How foolish to think that being homeless might drive someone to become addicted!
Who said a homeless camp was the best solution? I just said that buying and maintaining homes would not solve anything. You have to treat the source of the problem.
Lacking a home is actually not the problem for the majority of the homeless.
It's addiction and mental illness and both are very hard to treat, especially those unwilling to be treated.