Robert Bowman scanned the aisles of a downtown Target. It was May, and the 49-year-old man with congestive heart failure was about to become homeless. He needed to buy a tent he could pitch on concrete, with fabric strong enough to withstand San Francisco's summer winds. He had lived on the streets before, in a life waylaid by trauma, loss and illness. But four years ago, he moved inside when the city's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing offered him a room at the Elm Hotel in the Tenderloin.

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