I don’t think people have that idea at all, if anything they are more likely to assume a homeless person is mentally ill and drug addicted than they are to think they are experiencing hard times or employed but unable to pay for housing.

However housing first has been pretty successful, but goes against many people’s values for some reason. The big fear of someone getting something undeserved is strong.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Some might say the big fear of someone getting something undeserved is strong enough to prop up an entire political party.

But it is not exclusive to them, of course. Some are just very bad about it.