It doesn’t displace them - it gives them a safe place to sleep and store their stuff. It gives them a way to stay clean and fit in with society. It gives them safety at night. It gives them a mailing address

It gives them a way back into society. It gives them basic dignity as a human.

I’m not saying homeless people have no other problems, or that we don’t desperately need better mental health services and social safely nets… But the biggest problem for them is indeed that they don’t have a home!

It’s not rocket science. Housing first is extremely effective in practice, for the recipients first and foremost