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by kafkaesq 3538 days ago
That says a lot about how spending $31,967.10 for every homeless person can amount to, well, no one seems to know.

"As Randy Shaw points out (in an article that has other problems, but gets this absolutely right), almost half the money that the Chron identifies as “homeless” spending is actually money spend on people who are in supportive housing. That’s housing money, not homeless money."

http://48hills.org/2016/02/16/five-myths-about-the-homeless-...