and, what about this..
Now that homeless Joe and Jane has a free house, do they'd just go back out and panhandle every morning. They're still on the streets. Do you think they'd agree to a drug test ? (is it even legal to require it for aid) ?
or... are they gonna just choose to continue living the free life they have with their dogs, drugs, and tents under the bridge.
I've stayed at Slab City out in the desert before, it gets a little scary out there, even the county sheriffs just stay away.
The Huge mentally ill homeless problem I see, is going to be far more difficult than you think. It's gonna take more than free apartments to fix.
Outlaws... (aka "mentally ill") wanna live like outlaws.