Re:Anti Homeless Spikes
by yorwba on Saturday December 28, 2019 @02:44PM
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Then I wonder how direct that spending really is. It doesn't seem to involve handing out money to homeless directly... Does it just end up in a general budget that's labeled "homeless", but actually gets used for all kinds of projects?
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A lot of it used to be direct cash assistance to the homeless. This did not work well. The trend has been towards providing services.
One caveat with the analysis is that your census of homeless people does not count the people housed as a result of these programs. It also doesn't count the number of people that would have to be served that are not presently considered homeless.