> In my experience you don't see many homeless in poorer countries because housing is cheap relatively speaking.

I also wonder how much more likely certain countries are to quietly move mental health cases into clinics. This implies a whole lot of things about freedoms and due process.

> In my experience you don't see many homeless in poorer countries because housing is cheap relatively speaking.

India has well over a million homeless people, including (by some accounts) over 100,000 in the capital Delhi. I personally remember seeing quite a few people who appeared homeless in Delhi, including families squatting in historical sites (the Old Fort).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_India

Big cities in places like India and China are an exception. In these places average salary can be 10X higher than rural areas of the same province. Because the big cities are much father along towards being developed country than outskirts. So housing here is expensive and has the same result.

There are people making $2000 a year living in heated somewhat comfortable homes. Homeless in the US make more than that just in welfare benefits but they live in tents on the streets

> In many countries you can afford a shack with US equivalent of $100 a month.

Not in Western Europe, which shows that it is a problem with the US.