[davidw]

Research indicates that expensive housing makes homelessness much worse.

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/everything-you-think-you-know-...

Indeed, it's the primary driver of homelessness.

Things like drugs and mental health make things worse, but "at the margin" as economists say, if your housing is cheap, you might be able to hold on to it even if you have some problems with an addiction. There are plenty of wealthy people with drug habits who are not homeless.

[badgersnake]

That’s only relevant if you’re trying to prevent homelessness. The article is about people who are already homeless. They may not have had these problems when the became homeless, but being homeless ain’t easy.

That’s not to say housing costs aren’t a problem, they are but they have to be prepared for other problems as well.

[roughly]

Sure, so, maybe we also shut off the tap while we try to clean up the mess?