Lest the wealthy give to the homeless,,, it could only be a win/win situation

I've learned a lot these last few weeks about the squalor in which too many of the homeless lived in former grand hotels in Manhattan in the 1980's/
Families of 3,4,5 and 6 lived in 1 room with vermin crawling around. The children missed more school than they attended, fell asleep on their desks from hunger, were ostracized by their peers and
not treated as equal to their peers by teachers and had no quiet place in which to do their homework.
A family might live on the 14th floor and have to walk up flights of stairs because elevators weren't running. They feared guards who sold drugs and raped girls. I have read that these hotels are no longer "shelter' for the homeless. and homeless families live in better conditions than years past.
It killed me to know that the reason these hotels "housing" families thrived for so long was because the affluent owners were often part of corporations who gave huge contributions to the government who paid the rent. They paid approx. $3000 per month for room and board per family; however, for half that, the government might have loaned or subsidized these families to live in decent apts. or not to have had their own homes foreclosed upon because they couldn't afford expensive necessary repairs. But, they didn't, so these families got caught up in the system, demeaned, made to wait for their welfare checks for hours often losing total dignity. And if your children are starving, no one in the family having their own space, and if you are all cold and not well- cleansed nor dressed, you might get desperate and steal.
I've heard, but have not yet researched that these hotels have closed and that the homeless are living in more respectable dwellings, but are they all? I wrote to citizens in my city asking whether any would be interested in working with my husband and  me to really help the homeless feel worthy.