So what's your point then, that homeless people are a lost cause and therefore shouldn't be helped? Attempts to house the homeless have resulted in property damage in the past, so we shouldn't bother?

Perhaps you should take a step back and try asking why those projects failed and how to fix the problems instead of concluding that free housing programs could never work.

If you really want to analyze the situation with some nuance then maybe try looking at real sources instead of opinion articles from right-wing "news" sites:

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/howardcenter/caring-for-covid-homeless/stories/homeless-funding-housing-first.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151537/

https://www.bluecrossmafoundation.org/publication/preventive-effect-housing-first-health-care-utilization-and-costs-among-chronically

https://nyuscholars.nyu.edu/en/publications/employment-experiences-of-formerly-homeless-adults-with-serious-m