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Think of it as a remainder from a math problem. To keep a subservient middle class stretched across the lowest income brackets, you're going to have a certain percentage of people who simply can't afford to exist. They know that, it's inherent to the system. It's like that story, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." That's why there's never any serious interest in fixing the problem - it's just going to keep happening because the system generates it, so housing everyone homeless right now wouldn't solve homelessness in 10 or 20 years time, it'd start all over again. Systemic.
Agree with your point. But putting them in the homeless condition won't serve the elite either. You don't kill your milking cow. You need to keep them dependent yet capable to provide for you.