San Francisco is paying for hotel rooms during COVID-19 to house homeless people - and 70 percent of them REFUSE to move into permanent housing because the hotel rooms are nicer A building in the city was purchased for $45 million and refurbished to become a permanent housing option, but many are refusing offers to move there Permanent housing programs have poor reputations in the Bay Area, homless advocates say Another 500 people are being moved from the streets to the hotels The city is paying for homeless people to stay in the 'shelter-in-place' hotels during the coronavirus