Seattleisonfire t1_itvhfn3 wrote
Reply to comment by YourFriendNoo in Many people despise the homeless, while living one paycheck away from being homeless by flavortownpolitics
>Always remember studies found it was cheaper for taxpayers to house the unhomed than it was to provide services for the unhoused population.
You think you can just unconditionally give a homeless junkie a house (which they will destroy) and they won't need any services? Get real.
It's a lot cheaper to offer them shelter than a home. Even a jail cell costs a fraction of a home, they get fed, and it removes them from society so we don't continue to get victimized by their bullshit. In California it's costing somewhere around $700K to $800K to give these derelicts a home. You really think that's a good use of our money?
YourFriendNoo t1_itvor95 wrote
>You think you can just unconditionally give a homeless junkie a house (which they will destroy) and they won't need any services? Get real.
No one thinks this.
>It's a lot cheaper to offer them shelter than a home.
Duh. We don't need to buy them single-family homes. We need to house them.
>Even a jail cell costs a fraction of a home, they get fed, and it removes them from society so we don't continue to get victimized by their bullshit.
Dear fuck, do you really think we need to imprison everyone who loses their primary residence?!
>In California it's costing somewhere around $700K to $800K to give these derelicts a home. You really think that's a good use of our money?
While I get that you made this up to imply someone suggested buying them all houses (which no one did), the fact that you think all people without housing are derelicts really says it all anyway.
Seattleisonfire t1_itvxt3u wrote
Well that's what you said:
"Always remember studies found it was cheaper for taxpayers to house the unhomed than it was to provide services for the unhoused population."
Meanwhile, I did NOT say that we need to imprison all of them, or that all homeless are derelicts. I think you know the population I'm talking about here. (Hint: it's not single moms fleeing DV or someone who just lost their job and suddenly can't pay rent.)
And since you claim I "made it up" about California...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-05/lopez-column-hhh-homeless-housing-costs
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