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Got any sources on that claim, or are you just assuming homeless people are inherently incapable of taking care of themselves?
https://nypost.com/2020/06/27/san-franciscos-failed-experiment-of-homeless-hotels-is-a-cautionary-tale/
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/la-hotel-converted-to-homeless-housing-suffers-11-5-million-in-damages/
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/08/30/homeless-squatters-trash-casper-hotel-getting-out-of-hand-mayor-says/
None of these articles discuss failures of a housing first policy, and they all seem to focus on the same single hotel.
I didn't make any claims about housing first policy, read the comment you are replying to. I know you barely looked at the articles because they are not about the same single hotel.