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This is a link post small town eliminates homelessness
by providing affordable homes for all, regardless

for those that cant be arsed:

cost of policing, administering etc of 1 homeless person per year 100k; cost of affordable home per year 20k
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 15 May 2015, 14:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Selfish wankers like that are going to fuck the whole system up for all of us.

(I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Fri 15 May 2015, 14:24, Reply)
This is a normal post Affordable?
You mean free.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 15 May 2015, 15:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Medicine Hat?

(spunkyD, Fri 15 May 2015, 15:45, Reply)
This is a normal post They have a sensible cabinet.

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 15 May 2015, 16:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd love to see a breakdown of that 100k p/a costing.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 15 May 2015, 15:48, Reply)
This is a normal post I would too actually
edit

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/7596/2200485.pdf

i think its the incidental costs such as higher offending rates among the homeless that's the real kicker. From that report " evidence suggests that homelessness and offending
behaviours are interwoven and mutually perpetuating. Costs to the criminal justice
system and policing may be significant. For example the total costs for a drug
offence conviction is estimated at around £16,000. "

I think maybe the 100k figure is still a bit high mind you but the data indicates, in the UK at least, the figure to be about 30-45k dollars

edit 2
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/mar/12/shaun-donovan/hud-secretary-says-homeless-person-costs-taxpayers/
estimates 35-150k of keeping people homeless and $13,000 to $25,000 a year in supported accom.
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 15 May 2015, 15:51, Reply)
This is a normal post That would seem to be the economic argument settled then.

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 15 May 2015, 16:08, Reply)
This is a normal post No.
A) those links seem to suggest the 100k figure to be a large exaggeration.
B) where is the evidence that once housed offending ceases?
I'm not against housing the homeless, quite the opposite. What I am opposed to is economically illiterate lefties dressing it up as some kind of money saving step towards an affordable and viable socialist utopia.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 15 May 2015, 16:35, Reply)
This is a normal post hELLO SEXY BOY
A) those links seem to suggest the 100k figure to be a large exaggeration.
And I supplied data with a more conservative estimate. Agreed.

B) where is the evidence that once housed offending ceases?
Strawman. The argument is reiterated below.

"I'm not against housing the homeless, quite the opposite."
Great!

"What I am opposed to is economically illiterate lefties dressing it up as some kind of money saving step towards an affordable and viable socialist utopia."

Which is another strawman; the argument is that it is cheaper to house them than leave them on the streets and that's what the references demonstrably show.
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:04, Reply)
This is a normal post You throw 'straw man' around a lot. I think you think it makes you sound clever.
I'm quite sure you don't know what it means. The data shows cost of law and order for criminal acts of homeless reduced. That does not mean that crime overall goes down, or that those former homeless cease engaging in criminal behaviour. It does show that less crime is committed by homeless people, unsurprisingly, because they are no longer homeless. This is a good thing, but let's not overstate the impact of crime by fiddling numbers, or the economics of it by similar methodology.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 15 May 2015, 18:25, Reply)
This is a normal post wasnt the central point you willfully ignorant goon
have you read the references? your point is dealt with there.
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 15 May 2015, 21:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Why don't you post some sexualised oriental little girls like you normally do
You think anyone with two brain cells takes Huff Post seriously? Fuck off twat.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 15 May 2015, 23:31, Reply)
This is a normal post #KEYBOARDWARRIOR

(I helped save b3ta! Dawn Of The Bread $$$$ E-THUG 4 LIFE - THAT'S HOW I SCROLL $$$$, Sat 16 May 2015, 1:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I clicked I like this
Because you're still sexy
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Sat 16 May 2015, 9:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Huh?
You did read this part didn't you?

"But based on what we learned about the housing-first approach to ending homelessness, Donovan’s underlying point, as well as the dollar figure he cited, hold up."

Exaggeration or not, the short-term economic benefit is clear. The long-term aspect cannot be proven as the program hasn't been running long enough to provide useful data.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:13, Reply)
This is a normal post KTHXBYE

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 15 May 2015, 18:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Bullets are cheaper than bread.

(tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 15 May 2015, 16:54, Reply)
This is a normal post when you want correct ecomonic advice
you won't go wrong if you ask a communist.
 (I helped save b3ta! buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Good luck finding an actual communist

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Plenty have aimed to be proper communists
but they always miss their Marx.
 (tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:34, Reply)
This is a normal post So if I want a free house
all I need to do is keep smashing up the local cars? Nice.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:29, Reply)
This is a normal post That'll get you free housing
in jail!
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 15 May 2015, 17:52, Reply)