So the hard data from the shelters says 20,000 but we are just supposed to assume its 235,000 based on the claims of people who stand to gain from that number. Hmm. I'd believe twice that number, not ten times that number. People talk about the "homeless" in the DTES all the time. The vast majority of street people without jobs have homes. They hang out on the street for social or financial reasons, to resell "found" goods, and have generally low standard housing, but they are housed. I've seen the police many times take a passed out homeless person "home", usually just around the block. Even the schizophrenics camped out in doorways have housing, I've inquired about them.  They just don't use it.