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Originally Posted by combusean
The only thing that really works for homelessness is housing first--it's the slightest bit of stability they need and then they can get cleaned up. Tiny homes on surplus property seems to be the best way to do it--the ones in San José cost about $6k to build, there's a smaller version in Oregon for $2500 but they are *tiny* even for tiny homes. Oakland doubles people up in Tuff Sheds.
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That only works if the government is even remotely competent. The city of Los Angeles spent $619,000,000 last year on the issue. And yes, you read that right. The CITY of Los Angeles spent 619 MILLION on homelessness LAST YEAR alone.
That's $11,660 per homeless person, if you believe the official numbers.
What did we get from it?
.... more homeless and more problems.
