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Housing Crisis (lemmy.world)
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Based on currently available numbers, there are about 31 vacant housing units for every homeless person in the U.S.

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[-] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

And research shows it would be cheaper to give each of them a house... Instead of spending on programs that don't work

[-] jorp@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm as leftist as they come and yes I could Google it myself but I wonder if you have specific examples of research that you've seen that you'd be willing to find again and share

I've found some here:

https://www.vox.com/2014/5/30/5764096/homeless-shelter-housing-help-solutions

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/housing-homeless-cheaper-more-effective-than-status-quo-study/article4563718/

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2024
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