Housing can solve all of our homeless problems
By WILL MARCUS | April 23, 2015Street homelessness is ludicrously expensive. The harsh conditions that these people contend with can and often do lead to a host of medical problems that rapidly deteriorate into medical emergencies. The ensuing ambulance trips and emergency treatment combined with the per-person cost of homeless shelters all coalesce into a $20,000 government price tag for every homeless person who lives on the street. It makes absolutely no financial sense to keep homeless people homeless. Thankfully, logic has not fallen on deaf ears — an ever-increasing number of states and municipalities are starting to put housing first.