Bring back the Dickensian Poor Houses. Shack them all up together in dorms with strict wardens. Separate the sexes. Make them work at something useful, for wages they can save to get out.
One shady-looking dude was begging my husband for an apartment. "Come on, man! If I do anything to it, the state'll pay!"
We have a strict No-DUmmies policy. The last was a fine young engineer, who was so non-DUmmie, he got a promotion and moved out of state.