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So what he's saying is that there's a lack of mental healthcare in the u.s. ๐ค
There is a severe lack of long term care facilities for the mentally ill. We just closed them down one day and threw the insane on the street. That's a huge part of the visible problem for sure. Not to say there aren't countless "homeless by circumstance" people that need housing. The "homeless by choice" is definitely a problem also.
On the street or in jail over what would otherwise be trivial legal violations. -like sleeping in public.