You make room for the 5,000...and word spreads and soon you have 10,000 more. Unfortunately with the homeless crisis we have the ones that try to support them more just end up with more of them. It's really a never ending battle...
Portland spent $58M on a jail built in the 90s that never opened and was then sold a few years back for just a few million (maybe 5 or 6 years ago). The owner said they would donate the site as a homeless shelter if the city ran it since they had a ballooning homeless problem (over 4K as of last count). City leaders felt that because it was formerly a jail and not near services that it would be inhumane to house homeless there. So instead they continue to sleep on the streets, get hit crossing the freeway and shitting on the sidewalks. It finally opened just before winter last year, but mostly because of NGO helping to get it running...the government is completely useless here. Total people currently off the street is only 45 since it still needs a lot of work.
https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/06/09/a-homeless-shelter-in-...