Exactly and thanks for trying.Homelessness is very complicated as you’ve pointed out.
I’ve spoken to 3 homeless people (rough sleepers) in the last 2 weeks.
The first has some underlying MH issues and chooses to sleep rough most of the time, he can stay somewhere when he wants to but chooses to sleep on the streets. I suspect there’s MH issues and a former drinking problem underlying his issues, he’s a bright guy but very pleasant.
The second was in emergency accommodation, but got hoofed out because he was he nicking from others - again a very pleasant person.
The third was also in emergency accommodation but got booted out for breaching the rules and being found in possession of drugs.
Two of the 3 brought it on themselves. I signposted the first to someone who could help him but he didn't want it, the second to someone who could help him and he accepted, the third wanted help but wouldn't actually doing anything re the advice given to him and the help that was arranged, he couldn’t be bothered to get the ball rolling and blamed everyone else but himself. You can lead a horse to water……
To solve the issue we’d literally need to change the whole system on everything. The whole way society is structured.