Egan: The Sally Ann's Vanier shelter — enough of where, how about why?

The Salvation Army’s proposed shelter and social-service hub on Montreal Road has generated a lot of noise.
This week, it generated a little light: at a two-day symposium, a number of academics and leaders in the homeless field made the case that a $50-million complex that houses 350 people — mostly for short-term transitions — is simply the wrong path forward for the city.
Advocates for the so-called Housing First method, which the federal government has spent millions and yea