Hopefully one without illegal heroin. Not everyone, nor institution, is suited for prolonged rough patches. Unrecognized powers of addiction and functionality make for a spikey society.
With institutional homeless, history has 1920-1950 farm failures, mental or medical institutions; abuse centers and half way houses. Static and dynamic homelessness exists. Long run, well built institutions won't fail in static homelessness. The spikes remove local dynamic. The occupy movement removed the criminal act of homelessness. Dynamic policies still need to be addressed to help homelessness spikes in summer and winter.
Lo and D, both avoided domestic violence by moving to a tent across from the church. Hector has 9 children, works as a dishwasher in chinatown, pays child support; plus he smokes crack. Hector lives in shelter. Gary lived in a shelter, after he moved, he found a new place with his SSDI.
Covvid impacted the aggregate markets by constraints on the labor market. Lowering institutional ability to absorb gross static; short run. Lo and D have apartments; 18 months after being rejected by shelters. Hector ain't leaving. Gary was a senior.
