Not So Difficult Really

[poliphilo]

The government has directed local councils to house all homeless people by tomorrow- and no doubt it will be done- even though the order came through as a simple dictat- without advice on how to do it or any extra money. When you need to do something as a matter of urgency you usually find you can do it- even if it's a thing you've been beating your breast about for decades.

Intractable problem: what intractable problem?