An interesting question. In some cases it seems to be cheaper to house the homeless than pay for emergency medical and police services. The Robert Wood Johnson

An interesting question. In some cases it seems to be cheaper to house the homeless than pay for emergency medical and police services. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation spent some money researching housing of homeless alcoholics in Seattle and found a monthly per-month savings of $2,500, a reduction of 53 percent compared to previous spending: http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2009/03/housing-for-homeless-alcoholics-can-reduce-costs-to-taxpayers.html http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/... In Seattle I guess it costs about $13,000 to house a homeless person for a year. In Florida it apparently costs about $10,000/year to house a homeless person and provide some job services; it cost about $31,000 a year to leave them homeless and provide emergency police and medical responses at the current rate. http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/05/27/3441772/florida-homeless-financial-study/ http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/05/27/3441772/florida-... Here's an article from Fox (?!): http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/07/07/how-housing-for-chronically-homeless-may-save-taxpayers-money/ http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/07/07/how-hou...