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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Perhaps some tiered sheltering would help? If you are really a mess, you only get access to the lowest spaces. You can work your way up, and if the better shelters have maybe a reward for stepping up, you can incentivize some movement. Better beds, food, etc. Maybe private rooms as you go up. You then also keep the real bad apples from the ones at least trying. Different service levels appropriate to the care they need for each tier. I think some of it is just a feeling of hopelessness. Humans respond to reward and motivation.
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I admittedly don't know how shelters work, but it doesn't sound like this is how if works currently and something like this sounds like a (huge) step in the right direction. As it is currently, it sounds like a few inmates have taken over the asylum.
It seems there's a multi-pronged approach that could help the majority of people (both the "public" and homeless) and it seems to involve various means of segregation... Keep the bad apples in jail longer, keep them someplace they can receive focussed help for addictions and other mental issues and basically keep them away from everyone else. Meanwhile, those that have a path towards being productive members of society have safe supports to do so, without the risk and compromise posed by the bad apples.