To have a roommate, I suppose you have to be someone another person can stand to live with. Most people can handle it-- which is why they aren't homeless. Encouraging this and generally making it easier for unrelated people to rent out a room in someone's house is going to help.
SRO (Single Room Occupancy) is another option. SRO hotels were infamous, but they were a roof and a bed off the streets.
There has to be a market solution to homelessness, something that takes into account the "undeserving poor." Roomies are a time-tested solution.
VitruvianDude t1_it5grem wrote
Reply to High rent is pushing homeless people to pair up as roommates by Armitage1
To have a roommate, I suppose you have to be someone another person can stand to live with. Most people can handle it-- which is why they aren't homeless. Encouraging this and generally making it easier for unrelated people to rent out a room in someone's house is going to help.
SRO (Single Room Occupancy) is another option. SRO hotels were infamous, but they were a roof and a bed off the streets.
There has to be a market solution to homelessness, something that takes into account the "undeserving poor." Roomies are a time-tested solution.