Urban camping in Seattle

The Jungle seemed sleepier on a recent Friday night than some Seattle neighborhoods. Most of the homeless encampment’s residents were tucked into their tents or gathered in small groups.
 But for the cars punishing Interstate 5 above, the loudest sound you might have heard was a video-game explosion from the tent of Cheryl Oliver and family. The games calm the anxieties of her husband and son, said Oliver, 48. 
The family has lived in The Jungle for more than a year, along with their three dogs and an iguana. Some residents, like Oliver, want stable housing. But they face some mix of obstacles because of mental health, addiction, poverty and criminal backgrounds.

Boldface mine.

Some are  incapable of urban life and can only live in camp.  And some suffer brain injury from the meth wars. Very few are here for cocaine use, none for pot. The best policy is to fence them in and haul away the sewage. Camptowns exist because they have utility. They are extremely cheap relative to other government alternatives.

The disutility of housing subsidies relative the camptown?

Just securing the camps we have is very cheap relative to an army of social workers, none of whom can dent the meth damage. So the LA city council wastes funds, better to make the camps they have work, we are Soweto.