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Probably as expensive as giving the homeless free housing... which has repeatedly shown to be cheaper than not
by feld 11y ago
Probably as expensive as giving the homeless free housing... which has repeatedly shown to be cheaper than not
- tomcam 11y agoIf you believe that deeply in that idea, then turn it into a startup. Put your own money into it and I'm sure you'll see truly interesting results!
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoThe money saved is in police time, emergency health care, etc. so you'd need a way for a private enterprise to claim the savings that result from housing the homeless to make this market work.
- greggyb 11y agoIn a large city these are all city services, which implies that a startup could work with the city as the customer.
- task_queue 11y agoThe intersection of Good/Needed Ideas and Ideas That Turn a Profit is slim.
- feld 11y agoyes, this is the grim reality
- Frondo 11y agoIt's already being demonstrated in Utah. Giving the homeless an apartment and a case worker is not only more humane and the right thing to do, it's also a lot cheaper than leaving them alone (and then treating them when they show up in the ER, etc).