The "easy" solution is to throw money at the crisis.  This is the current, ineffective approach our state government is implementing.  The homeless population is predictably increasing in part due to homeless initiatives like Housing First contracting the rental pool and the abundance of new aid attracting local and mainland individuals to the Hawaii homeless lifestyle.  

The "hard" solution is the same as helping an entitled loved one through a personal crisis in many instances: tough love.  We have two drug addicts in our family and the substance abuse counselors both said the same thing: Stop enabling and let them hit rock bottom.  That is the best chance they have for a permanent lifestyle change. 

There is space available in the homeless shelters yet hundreds are camped in downtown and Kaakaako.  Direct 100% of homeless funds to shelters aka those working towards re-entering society. Fund more sweeps.  Make it inconvenient not to live in a shelter.  IHS stop feeding the campers.