Your right, not all homeless are drug users and vicer versa. There is a small percentage of people that have mental health issues, and aren’t addicted to drugs i suppose. Some have mental health issues from the drugs.
Let’s no kid ourselves though. When you see a homeless camp with multiple bikes they aren’t avid cyclists, when you see a pile of lawn maitenance stuff lawnmowers and rakes lying around they aren’t gardeners. This is all stolen items scoured from around the neighbourhood stolen to ultimately sell to have money for drugs.
I’m going to go out on a lim and assume your friend who was homeless from a breakdown didn’t surround himself in stolen property that was to be sold for drug money. Two different types of homeless, this is typically the homeless you don’t see.They are living in cars or discretely away from the judging eyes of the public. The testky camp is probably responsible for some of the car break ins...
Your right most people who go into social housing don’t go back on the street. They just stay in social housing moving from municipality to municipality. Why would they go back on the street... it’s cold and hard. Much easier to work the system who you and I pay for through tax’s. Work harder someone else doesn’t have too