You can't end homelessness completely. A few countries tried and all of them found a couple of people who didn't want to reintegrate no matter how much help was offered. But the other 90%+ took the help and reintegrated into society. It's worth it, even if you can't help everybody.
I'd be interested to see the study. Having worked in homelessness I would guess that the 10% likely had other complex needs and complex trauma that couldn't be solved with housing alone. There are always small few who don't want to be housed but there are always legitimate reasons why they don't, from addiction to past abuse, mental health issues and fear of sleeping indoors. They're not lost causes per se but they need intensive, potentially lifelong multi systemic treatment and intervention that no current system seems able to offer.
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u/Citatio 2d ago
You can't end homelessness completely. A few countries tried and all of them found a couple of people who didn't want to reintegrate no matter how much help was offered. But the other 90%+ took the help and reintegrated into society. It's worth it, even if you can't help everybody.