NY Times: CALIFORNIA TODAY What Would It Take to End Homelessness?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/homelessness-california-affordable-housing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
UCSF head of Benioff Homelessness Project Dr. Margot Kushel in Q&A. She believes that the problem could be eliminated if people had affordable housing with subsidies.

(K)I will add a few snippets from the article here that struck me as possible opportunities to exploit

What don’t we know about homelessness?

There is a lot more work to be done in homelessness prevention. We know that for some people, a small infusion of resources (cash, services) can prevent homelessness. But, for every 100 or so people at high risk, only one will become homeless. So, we need to do a better job of figuring out how we can target efforts.

Most people who become homeless “self-resolve,” meaning they find housing. We don’t know how long that takes, and whether we could shorten it substantially by intervening. We know that for most people, long-term subsidies are the answer, but there may be people who need shorter term help. We are going to try to figure out who needs what, while working to solve the main problem, which is the shortage of extremely low-income housing...

Some people will have disabilities that require assistance, and we need to provide that. The V.A. has leaned in hard to the Housing First principle and has seen huge reductions. Taking a page from what the V.A. has done, we can solve chronic homelessness by fully funding permanent supportive housing.

(This reminds me that I want to dig in more about what the VA is doing)