Used to be that mentally ill and addicted people could still afford cheap (flop) housing.
The problem of homelessness is caused by property owners, investors and government policy - not by its victims.
Involuntary addiction treatment can be helpful at times - sometimes required of physicians, and pilots with substance use problems with great success.
But punishing the poor is just a distraction from the fact that we have homelessness just so landlords can keep raising your rent.
That was incredible. New holiday tradition...