http://povertyblog.net/2009/10/13/providing-housing-for-the-homeless-saves-money/ understanding trends and what to do about them Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://povertyblog.net/2009/10/13/providing-housing-for-the-homeless-saves-money/#comment-234 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:17:19 +0000 http://povertyblog.net/?p=710#comment-234 you know, that is true, but just giving them a free housing unit in a complex designated for them, and the same free medical benefit that others get, plus a bus pass; would do the trick for many. then they wouldn’t be homeless and desperate any more. they would have safety, a shower, a place to cook, sleep etc. to start out freah and maybe get a job that way. hard to get a job when homeless, for those reasons- no way to make yourself presentable, receive mail, phone calls, etc.
“supportive housing” unfortunately, the way it is currently designed with huge costs via the middlemen (nonprofits and agencies), are eating up inordinate amounts of housing dollars for these kinds of programs. They may cost 5 times the usual cost of housing.
So that means these organizations are scamming together to get their share of the public dollar pie, and it is huge.
Putting up 100 people in supportive housign for some reason , is costing so much, that 1000 other people are being left out on the streets with NO roof over their head. THIS HAS TO STOP.
the first step even in the chronically homeless cases, is always, GET THEM INTO SHELTER. so for all other homelss as well. because then they can function more normally. SO THIS SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY; GET EVERYONE INTO A HOUSING UNIT FIRST. then start with teh supportive services, which require for some reason, funding fromt he same sources as housing funding. Which mayb eis the key. Fund the supportive services from something other than housing funds, so the poorest who are now homeless , are not robbed as “Peter”, to pay the nonprofits, who are “Paul” or more accurately, the fat self-righteous Pharisees.

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