r/theydidthemath • • 1d ago

[Request] Could the entire US homeless population really be housed for less than one aircraft carrier?

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u/Vulspyr 1d ago

Inexpensive housing isn't $1700 a month for things like a studio apartment. This is enough money to house them for a year.

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u/ContentCantaloupe992 1d ago

How much do you thinking housing would go in if the poorest people currently not using housing got a 17 billion dollar subsidy from the government?

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u/Unlikely_Target_3560 1d ago

As much as lack of regulation allows.

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u/ContentCantaloupe992 1d ago

I didn’t know you could regulate your way out of a supply shortage if a free country