DG: you're ever so right.  the issues are plentiful, complex and inter-related.  I'd like to see us pick "the low handing fruit"....i.e. address those individuals' needs which are the most easily identifiable and are the most vulnerable of the homeless population.  To me, that's the mentally-ill and developmentally disabled, as well as PTSD Vets.  Meanwhile, some arrangements for safe, temporary shelter need to be addressed.