Actually, the right solution is FareStart, which answers all of the problems around homelessness: lack of housing, lack of skills, lack of discipline, lack of connections, and lack of support. And, for those with insurmountable drug or mental issues, they have pipelines into programs that handle these people, too. So yes, it absolutely makes sense to have homeless programs in a city like Seattle. In fact, these exact programs work in other cities all around the world. The only difference is that those cities are backed up with federal support that takes care of the 10% that fall out the bottom of the system. Really, your knowledge of the reasons for homelessness, the barriers to becoming un-homeless, and the support systems in place for the homeless is absolutely laughable. You are willfully uninformed on the subject, and your pontifications bring no new thinking to these well-understood issues.