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> The 50 cash transfer recipients not only found stable housing, they freed up space in shelters and, according to project data, saved the shelter system $8,100
by Pfhreak 6y ago
> The 50 cash transfer recipients not only found stable housing, they freed up space in shelters and, according to project data, saved the shelter system $8,100 per person over those 12 months.
Key takeaway.
Turns out it's way cheaper to provide baseline needs rather than letting people drag along the bottom indefinitely without support. It's also much kinder and more humane.
- klyrs 6y agoWe have quite a cruel system in Canada, where foster parents are paid over $1000/mo per child; and children are taken away from parents on grounds of poverty, with no offer of such assistance
- Proven 6y agoCompletely wrong. Since there's supposedly money to be made by investing in the homeless, there is no need to provide baseline needs - private sector can't do that. Why would the government need to get involved into something so simple and profitable (at least according to you) and unnecessarily use our money to compete with for-profit enterprises?