Butwhatabout...
Trespassing, defecating on the street, doing drugs, being intoxicated in public space, are violations of the law committed by homeless on a daily basis.
Cities who provide services are simply continuing their agony. They should be looked up in mental institutions and treated. Actually that was a case till a certain governor thought it was too expensive to keep poor folks in mental institutions, he also decided Pizza was a vegetable and good for kids to eat it daily in school. Part of his mixed legacy are two of the biggest problems in this country: homelessness and obesity.
I do appreciate all of a sudden some feeling sorry about folks who fell into homelessness I hope the empathic mood goes on.