The % of homeless people that suffer from mental illness is staggering, so in my eyes nothing will change until we change our perception of the mentally ill. As I don't see that happening anytime soon, I'd say this problem will persist. That's partly why initiatives such as having a homeless free city by 20xx kind of annoys me. Not that it's a bad goal to have, it just seems incredibly unreasonable. The problem is much deeper than many seem to think.
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