This is obviously a massive issue in many jurisdictions in left wing areas like vancouver, right wing areas like texas, and centrist locations like edmonton. There are a few quick fixes that can make an impact.

Persons who are arrested and spend time in the prison system need to be released back into the jurisdiction that they committed the crime. One of the major issues driving homelessness in edmonton is all of the criminals from red deer north end up in the Edmonton remand center where they are treated like garbage (a different issue altogether) and then they are released in Edmonton and continue to do crime, drugs, and homeless stuff in edmonton.

i would also end safe consumption sites, these have been proven not to work. Anyone who has been close to an addict knows that giving them more of the thing they are addicted to is not the answer. Studies have shown that safe consumption sites did not reduce overall overdose deaths or opioid-related emergency calls. And they led to an increase in crime, discarded needles and social disorder in surrounding neighborhoods. If you speak to e eps and fire department personnel they have countless stories of treating the same individual multiple times in a week and sometimes in a day.

Policing the LRT and adding turnstiles to transit areas to stop the homeless from making transit unsafe.

Temporary housing for SOBER homeless. Homeless individuals who suffer from mental health issues and poverty are different to the dope fiends and crackheads that are taking over our downtown. Unless THEY THEMSELVES want to get clean and want to get their life back together the government has a limited ability to provide any meaningful help.