Nobody Knows What to Do About L.A.’S Homelessness Crisis (theatlantic.com)

It seems doubtful now that affordable housing is the core issue surrounding the homelessness crisis. While it assuredly plays a role along with addiction and other issues I think it's more a symptom of a society facing a crisis, with many fracture lines but with needs few want to truly address.

Allowing people to defecate and urinate on the streets with impunity, is not really doing anything.