[jlawson]

Otherwise known as, "If you subsidize something you get more of it."

[bombcar]

It’s not universal - libraries exist everywhere and lend books and movies for free and they’re used but not overused.

So there may be some level of housing that is better than nothing for the homeless but still desirable to get out of for those who can.

[makeitdouble]

Which seems to be true. Right now chasing homeless people from place to place is the subsidized action, and they sure seem to get more and more funds to do it.