Homelessness you see all over this country under bridges in tents etc is because state mental hospitals were discontinued. Democrats ran on how people shouldn’t be locked up (just as they are now turning dangerous criminals out).
So much worse to have the drug/mentally ill living as we all see now. Imagine they could actually at least have a roof and food, a bed even though they would be under lock for the safety of themselves and others.
Better to make the mental hospitals carefully run than just shut them down and turn them out.
I know a couple who choose to live in a homeless camp. They had a home but returned to their homeless lifestyle.