End of 2017. Mayor De Blasio’s new program of housing the homeless in private homes, and paying for it with public funds, has unexpectedly resulted in a boom in the number of homeless. The the amount the city is paying out has mysteriously tripled.
Officials have pledged to track down the source of the mystery.
Update 2017; Homeless out of control seems to be 125% of the population of New York City. Mayor De Blasio requests federal aid and the Trump adminstration replies “Your bed, you lie in it”.