This is obviously a baseless and naive comment, and I'm glad others have stepped in to call it out. This whole thread is filled with noise like this.

The fact that there are so many strong opinions from people who demonstrate an embarrassingly low understanding of the situation is one of the reasons the problem is so hard to solve in the first place.

Maybe instead of guess, go spend some time with people in transition or otherwise sleeping rough. You’ll probably learn a lot

They'll often, if not always, prioritize their animals over themselves. They're no different from housed pet owners in that way.

What does that have to do with anything? Being a bad pet owner doesn't make you a non-pet-owner.

I don't say this often, but you are absolutely wrong about this.

24/7 companionship, with owners that don't leave all day for work...

Pets don't really need medical care per se. There's a huge glut of unwanted dogs, so is it better to euthanize so many unwanted dogs right away, or would it be better to just allow some of them to live on the street with homeless people, and then be euthanized when they have medical problems (which usually takes years: pets are typically fairly healthy until they get older unless they get injured, much like humans)?

Yeah, no. Dogs owned by homeless people are literally the happiest dogs around: they get to spend all their time outside, by their owner's side. They have a clear purpose as a companion, and are cared for deeply.

It's the dogs that get left alone inside an apartment for 9 hours a day that are unhappy and neglected.