Author Marvin Olasky wrote ‘The Tragedy of American Compassion”. In the old days one had to chop wood for 2 hours to get a bed to sleep in. Not these days.
Outskirts of town. Start out with tents. Don’t waste money.
The liberals don't want them on the outskirts of town. They want them sleeping on sidewalks in the middle of downtown where they can be seen.
It makes it easier to raise money from democrat-controlled city governments and from liberal rubes. Also, it makes it much easier to harvest their ballots come election time.