https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/in-rare-alliance-democrats-and-republicans-seek-legal-power-to-clear-homeless-camps.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/in-rare-alliance-democrats-and-republicans-seek-legal-power-to-clear-homeless-camps.html
I think a significant part of it is wanting to distance themselves from homeless people. If they're all meth addicts and schizophrenics, they aren't like us. That makes you feel better about not helping, and further from being homeless yourself.