I don't understand how people can say the support is good if it does not address mental illness nor substance misuse.
That's not good support, it's hopelessly inadequate.
That's not good support, it's hopelessly inadequate.
I know it first hand because I used to be homeless (but not "visible homeless") at one point.
A relevant part of them do, or we wouldn't have this discussion. That all sounds like "we have good help systems for some homeless" at most, which then somehow gets generalized into "we have good help systems for homeless" when this obviously isn't the case for a part of them.
Put another way, if it was likely you could get yourself out of the homeless situation there's plenty of support in place for you. If you require help, there's little that is in place.
So, whether the support is good depends almost entirely on what type of homeless you are. It can be good for some while being abysmal for others.