To dissenters;  many who utilize shelters have paid taxes throughout their lives. As noted in the article this can even save money for the city in the long term, especially if it is ran for profit.

And yes, the transitional housing part should be for profit, it should not have time limits, it should not require 'graduation', and it should not distinguish between 'homeless people' and regular people. It should be available to anyone in need of it. It should only ask two questions; do you have rent and can you follow the rules? 

It should be a legitimate option on the table. We cannot say people "choose" to be homeless until we give them actual choices. Currently the rental market is monopolized by the concept of physical privacy. However, you can house 3-4 broke people in the same space as one well off person and make the same amount of money by recognizing that privacy is in fact non-essential. Of course breaking this monopoly potentially contradicts Dames interests elsewhere.