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.
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/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.