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Originally Posted by donk.
If I'm not mistaken, GVRD spends a million a day, on homeless people. Ambulance/fire/police, housing, services, office staff, programs, etc
Blows my mind.
I wonder what Vancouver would be like if they were completely cut off, and left to fend for them selves
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Things would be even worse. Generally speaking the less you do for the homeless the more it costs (more crime, more drugs, more damage, more deaths etc). The cheapest solution has always been to house them and provide them resources so they can get up and running again. The stability and safety of supportive housing costs the least (less than what we spend now) but getting people to buy into that model is really hard b/c it seems like a handout - it's easier to hire more cops and to look and act tough by tearing down their tents as if that makes the homeless "go away".
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Last edited by supafamous; 05-10-2023 at 08:54 AM.
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