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This is a non-issue. The solution IS that simple, actually. Give anyone who does want a home a home. If the others don't want a home well that's on them. Kinda throwing out the baby with the bathwater saying it's not so easy because it won't solve every problem for everyone.
I'll agree that it requires immense public buy in, that's part of why I'm as passionate and emphatic about it as I am. For sure it's going to require some changing minds.
When I said non-issue, I'm talking from the perspective of societal problems. A person who wants housing and does not have it is an issue regardless of how. A person who does not want housing and does not have housing is a non-issue. They're living in a way I don't necessarily think is best, but they're living how they want.
As far as bussing goes, that's just a shit practice by a shit group. Not really relevant to the broader discussion of solving homelessness. That NIMBY attitude is definitely part of the public buy in that needs to be addressed.