It’s more like it costs more money than that to allow someone to be homeless, since they’ll be more likely to use emergency services and such.
$16K is actually not too far off from what I spend yearly on feeding and housing myself in Seattle. Remember that most housing costs in this country are dramatically inflated by rent (aka landlord greed).
Remember that homeless/unemployed people are likely to qualify for Medicaid and other benefits
It’s more like it costs more money than that to allow someone to be homeless, since they’ll be more likely to use emergency services and such.
$16K is actually not too far off from what I spend yearly on feeding and housing myself in Seattle. Remember that most housing costs in this country are dramatically inflated by rent (aka landlord greed).
Remember that homeless/unemployed people are likely to qualify for Medicaid and other benefits
Yeah $16k annually sounds about right. But they say “permanently” which I read as $16k total not annually.