We all know the cause of homelessness and it ain’t an excess of tolerance, that’s for damn sure.
If you managed to identify the single cause of homelessness, you should be nominated for a Nobel Prize.
It is estimated that 20–25% of homeless people, compared with 6% of the non-homeless, have severe mental illness.
Others estimate that up to one-third of the homeless suffer from mental illness.
That's because the dominant faction of America’s “left”-er party is neoliberal centrist. The actual left would do more, but even in cities with a leftier reputation doesn't tend to have the power to.