What Are The Best Ways to Combat Homelessness?

This week, we outlined the ways Vancouver and Chicago are endeavoring to "end" homelessness. Both cities employed grand plans to move them toward their goal of getting all resident housed within a decade. How effective are these efforts? In Chicago's case, the city is not much closer to a solution than it was nine years ago. Commenter ChuckLord said that in Atlanta, it has proven difficult to get the homeless to abandon their lives "on the dole." He writes:

Others wondered whether these programs encourage economically-disadvantaged people to move where the programs are best. Nathaniel writes: