This is very similar to the homeless situation where I live. We had to recently break up a camp in one of the beach communities too. Many, many drug addicts (especially meth) and mentally ill (possibly due to drugs). Simply providing shelter is not the solution imo. The challenge is so much bigger than that. Drug rehab services need to be provided or even required. The easy access to drugs also needs to be addressed.<p>I am all for helping people that need our help. I am not for enabling certain behaviors though such as drug use. It is going to be hard to empower drug addicted homeless people if they can&#x27;t hold down a job or relationships due to their addiction.<p>I am not saying this is the case for all homeless but at least in my area, it is the majority.<p>If we want to solve this problem, we need to provide shelter along with drug rehab services &amp; require weekly clean drug tests as a requirement to keep the shelter.<p>Now the costs for all of that, I am sure is just as big of a challenge.