> This makes sense but is also surprising, I think most people think of the "chronically homeless" when they hear "homeless".
Right, because the people who are most suffering from and also causing social ills are the chronically homeless. Being homeless for a short period of time is still very bad for the person, but I don't think it causes the same level of degradation that long-term homelessness does. And most of the "problematic homeless", the ones involved in drug dealing or chop shops or harassing random passersby, are likely the chronically homeless, not people who've been homeless for a few weeks.
Right, because the people who are most suffering from and also causing social ills are the chronically homeless. Being homeless for a short period of time is still very bad for the person, but I don't think it causes the same level of degradation that long-term homelessness does. And most of the "problematic homeless", the ones involved in drug dealing or chop shops or harassing random passersby, are likely the chronically homeless, not people who've been homeless for a few weeks.