The homeless near me are paid by Soros. If you watch them, you can see them getting walking around money.
I believe in the NYC metro area any “homeless” are voluntarily so (because of restrictions on substance abuse in shelters and such). There was just a horrible news story about two young girls killed by a radiator accident in an apartment in NYC; the apartment was provided to them and their parents by the city because they were homeless. Anyone who wants to get off the street can do so; some just don’t want to do so.