i think there have to be limits...for public safety and hygiene, for the rights of businesses to conduct business without people sleeping in their doorways. there could be more open space safe places to sleep. we have a public health nightmare looming and we have to look at the rights of the homeless vs. the rights of all. some of people's concerns about sleeping in shelters is quite justified. they can get robbed, assaulted etc. good cameras, good screening and sorting of who goes where can help. but you can;'t encourage a major epidemic because of what people prefer.

i think at least an intermediate, and qed solution is using vans, five wheelers, trailers etc. they don't have to have working motors. they could be towed. the population could be trained to fix them, take care of each other, cook, take care of grounds etc. there is a lot of land in america, and there are a lot of old trailers that can be acquired for free or almost nothing. again, i am always implying that people need to be sorted out and criminals and violent and scarey people need to be treated, decently but assuredly, by law enforcement.