These programs have to be federal. Edmonton has showed that cities can do the right thing and just be punished by both market forces (people relocating for better services) and provincial governments (not increasing funding for induced demand from better programs).

The Liberal budget, delivered on Thursday, has set aside $11.2 billion over the next four years in a bid to end homelessness in the next 10 years.

It's an echo of the promise then Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson made in 2008 — and was ultimately unable to fulfil.

Speaking in Winnipeg on Friday, Robertson, now federal housing minister, said he didn't have the right tools at the time.

"We did not have the support," Robertson said. "As a city, we set the goal — the federal and provincial governments were not co-ordinating, were not investing in the scale that was needed to solve the challenge in Vancouver." [...]

Ottawa's plan targets homelessness prevention, expanding access to housing and funding new mental health infrastructure. Components include more support for unhoused veterans, helping low-income people cover rent and building new mental health and addiction treatment facilities. [Article continues.]

combine this with UBI and u might make a dent

It's easy.

Just ship the homeless in Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria back to their home provinces, (mainly the Prairies) and make them actually pay to care for them.

90% of the problem would be fixed.