supermike80
Footballguy
You are making the classic mistake of believing everyone thinks like you...They don't. Look beyond what your little bubble contains.Today, I could stop paying my $2740 a month rent and bring myself and my family to a NYC homeless shelter. Anyone in the City could do so and avoid paying rent. 8.4 of the 8.5 million people in NYC don't do that.
Why don't I do so? Because living in a homeless shelter sucks. I'd much rather spend the money to live where I do than live in a shelter.
Now, let's say there's an apartment available instead of a shelter. It's not a nice apartment. My neighbors are folks who used to be in shelters themselves. I can't have too many assets to live there. I give up some personal autonomy to live there, perhaps there's no alcohol allowed. Do I stop paying rent to go live in this apartment? Of course not. It's no more a choice that I'd make than it would be to go live in a shelter.
So, to answer your question, I expect people to move into free housing that have no choice but to move into free housing. People who don't have the means to live anywhere else. People who are OK letting the state into their finances in an ongoing business. I don't expect a hoard of young professionals to take over the tenements.
Your idea of rewards is different than mine. The model clearly sets out expected behavior and punishments for not adhering to the behavioral standard. Allowing someone a clean and safe place to sleep isn't a reward. If anything, it's a cost-saving measure.