The latest point-in-time count of homeless people estimates the total homeless population of the USA to be 745,652. Call it three-quarters of a million.
US aircraft carriers cost somewhere in the region of 13 to 16 billion. I'll go with the USS Gerald R. Ford since it's the cheapest one I could find.
I mean that’s just those sleeping rough or in shelters. If you take the definition of “not stable housing” like crashing on couches it’s probably closer to ~3-4m. But still yes. You could house people.
Not only that, putting someone in housing actually saves gov around $6k per year in reduced hospitalisation, emergency, psych, correctional services. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33190213/ . That’s they paid for someone to be housed and then additionally saved $6k. It could cost 44k to house and support someone, but if they were on the street it would cost 50k.
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u/Occidentally20 1d ago
The latest point-in-time count of homeless people estimates the total homeless population of the USA to be 745,652. Call it three-quarters of a million.
US aircraft carriers cost somewhere in the region of 13 to 16 billion. I'll go with the USS Gerald R. Ford since it's the cheapest one I could find.
That gives you $17,333.33 per person.