Homelessness in Night City had always been a big problem.
The recent economic crisis, triggered by New America's war of unification, had ravaged Taiping State; it caused massive investor withdrawals and companies to flee, leaving a mess in their wake.
Given the existence of Dog Town and the hopeless economic collapse, Mayor Luxius Lane took proactive measures in the face of such adversity:
He simply excluded the crime data and other statistical indicators of Taiping State from the Night City statistical yearbook.
You could say statistics is an art, and Mayor Lane really got the hang of it.
With this exclusion, the crime rate in Night City plummeted dramatically.
Now, he was about to launch an even more significant plan: to eradicate the homeless!
Yes, the policy was exactly as it sounded, truly meant to eradicate homelessness.
This issue became a major point of criticism from his opponent, Perares, in the upcoming mayoral election.