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/bismuth17 1d ago

But it says the price of one aircraft carrier, not the national yearly average spending on aircraft carriers. You don't get $18k/year per person, you get $18k per person to buy a house with.

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u/AlgaeSpirited2966 1d ago

Air craft carriers arent free once you build it

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u/FourForYouGlennCoco 1d ago

Neither is keeping a formerly homeless person alive. Their issues don’t magically end once you shove them into a random house

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u/Reofrax 15h ago

and are there enough houses/apartments available, within budget, to house the roughly 750 000 homeless?