Sadly, most homeless want to be that.
I’ve read that in Los Angeles they built apartment buildings where they could live, but one of the conditions was “no drugs”/ The homeless did not like it and didn’t want to live there.
True story, it was a few years ago, but I remember it reported in the paper.
Lot of shelters people get attacked, stuff stolen, have to go through drug testing, etc. They prefer to not stay in a shelter, feel safer and less rules on the streets.