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Mental illness is the other obvious condition afflicting the homeless that makes the question of affordable housing secondary.
Thirty-nine percent of the homeless polled in the 2019 street survey said that they suffered from psychiatric conditions; the actual percentage is probably higher.
This is a problem that can’t be fixed. Not because it’s too difficult to find a solution, but because the people voting, and the people in charge can’t even conceive a different course of action.
Leftists are unable to acknowledge any flaws in their policies. And liberal voters are unable to vote for anything but more leftist policies.
The city will literally burn and become a rotting shell before people capable of fixing things are put in charge.