How HealthCare addresses affordable housing

How are health systems addressing affordable housing and homelessness:

Review Mecklenburg County’s strategy to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring:https://mecklenburghousingdata.org/char-meck-housing-homelessness-strategy/a-home-for-all-strategy/

Also review: https://www.fastcompany.com/90597128/charlotte-may-have-cracked-the-code-on-affordable-housing-heres-how

Discussion:

What are some of the major reasons that affordable housing and homelessness are such challenging issues for cities and regions? In what ways do you think hospital systems and health care providers can play a role in addressing and helping to solve these challenges?