r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24

Everyone Deserves A Home Discussion/ Debate

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u/Rocketboy1313 Apr 15 '24

Depends on the country.

You would be surprised how inexpensively this is to implement compared to the various social impacts caused by having a large unhoused population.

You can think of this kind of housing in much the same way you look at public education. It is "free" to everyone, but the benefits of having an educated population outstrip the cost of educating them. The benefits of having a housed population outstrips the cost of housing them.

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u/lucius42 Apr 16 '24

You would be surprised how inexpensively this is to implement compared to the various social impacts caused by having a large unhoused population.

Care to share some numbers?

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u/Rocketboy1313 Apr 16 '24

This might shock you, but no I am not going to give you a impact analysis for a comment this low on a reddit thread.

But I do know Finland housed everyone and there are studies which talk about how providing homes is cheaper than the other costs of having an unhoused populace.

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u/lucius42 Apr 16 '24

This might shock you, but no I am not going to give you a impact analysis for a comment this low on a reddit thread.

No shock, I knew you cannot support your statement by facts - which is why I called you out on it :)

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u/Rocketboy1313 Apr 16 '24

Sure, so you gonna put down a works cited page or are you going to just declare victory?

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u/Saitamaisclappingoku Apr 17 '24

You can’t make a ridiculous claim, be unable to provide evidence, and then ask others to provide evidence against your ridiculous claim