I don't understand. Most alcoholics have jobs, homes, and families. Do they need to leave home and family and quit their job to get this subsidy? In any case, I thought that disabled and unemployed people (including alcoholics) are eligible for food stamps, and (with luck) housing subsidies regardless.
Though I didn't look up the legalities, I think the the difference is the housing subsidies is attached to trying to quit.
"Wet houses"-- subsidized housing for alcoholics (they need to get most of their own money for alcohol, but their other expenses are covered) might actually be a good idea. It's cheaper than trying to get them to stop drinking, arguably kinder than trying to get people to take on a very hard task that they aren't interested in, and leads to less collateral damage than having alcoholics couch-surfing or living on the street.
Utilitarians, what do you think?