A plan for helping the homeless

My plan is like a salmon ladder. Getting salmon over a dam in the river in a single leap is impossible, but give them a series of smaller steps that they can take and they can get into the lake above. So my steps from unemployment toward self-sufficiency would look something like this:

1) Set aside safe areas (a fenced-in field, parking lot, or the like), for homeless tents so they're not living on the streets. Patrol those areas to keep them drug free and minimize crime. Provide latrines, showers, basic medical care (particularly addressed towards eliminating substance addictions) and food. Periodically clean things up so that vermin aren't attracted. Men and women (with children) would be given separate safe areas. Anyone found sleeping in any other public place would automatically be taken to one of these safe areas and given an 8x8 piece of ground where he can put his stuff and sleep for the night.

2) Evaluate all of the people in the safe area for their potential to take on responsible living. Those who are capable of doing so would get jobs doing the work that the area requires (preparing food, cleaning the latrines, patrolling the area to minimize the crime, etc). As payment for their work, they would get to sleep in a small (8x8) private room (like a KOA camper cabin) in the safe area with a bed and space for their possessions and would get a small stipend with which they could purchase items they need. Mothers with children would be given a double room with beds for the children.

3) The people living in the rooms would be coached on caring for their private space and faithfully doing their jobs. Any personality traits that would make it difficult for the person to hold down a job would be addressed and, if possible, resolved. If the person was successful caring for his space and doing his job, he would be given job skills training and assisted in applying for available jobs that require those skills.

4) Upon getting a job, government funded housing would be obtained for the person close to the job site and public transportation. If necessary a portable tiny home (like this: https://www.thespruce.com/super-affordable-tiny-homes...) would be set up for the person in a nearby parking lot. While living in this housing the person would save up for a deposit on an apartment and to purchase a car (if needed).

5) Continued periodic counseling would be supplied to help the person deal with any other issues that might arise and plan for the future. At the end of one year (more or less), the person would either begin paying for his housing (if it is a permanent apartment not the tiny home) or move into a place of his own.

Only step 5 has a specific timetable associated with it. A person could stay and any of the lower steps for as long as necessary or desired. If someone proved incapable of living appropriately at any step, he would be dropped back to the next lower step. People who dropped out of step 1 would go either to a mental institution or to jail, depending on their reasons for dropping out.