Outside of football, the verb "tackle" is a worse than useless buzzword. In what sane world did the state "tackle" homelessness"? The very article which misuses that metaphor admits that the State's efforts had no effect. Is the author a retard? Does he/she/it/they/ze not know the meaning of the word "tackle"?
Now, now...there must be an obscure or perhaps archaic definition of “tackle” that reads as follows: To increase or foment.