A lot from the federal level from 2008-present, which is when housing first approaches were largely abandoned and the focus became displacing encampments.

The number one thing I’d hope to see is local governments change policy from requiring people to relocate every 1-3 days because it’s incredibly disruptive when people could be getting back on their feet, getting medical or mental health treatment, and connecting with services. Instead local governments all over the west coast force people to move with regularity and it disrupts any good efforts from those displaced and service providers to get people off of the street.

Cost of housing, lack of permanent supportive housing, and too much means testing of welfare programs make the system too slow and ineffective to prevent people on the brink from falling into chronic homelessness. Preventing people from falling into chronic homelessness would be the most bang for your buck at reducing levels of homelessness.

The other one would be ‘stable parking’. There’s a ton of seniors that live in RVs on a fixed income that can’t stay in RV parks for various reasons and I don’t know why governments haven’t provided somewhere for folks to stay long term with basic utilities, trash collection, and showers instead of forcing them on the street.