03-30-2017, 07:19 AM
it would cost less to just get each homeless person an apartment
Unfortunately this is not how funding is allocated. Housing is effectively "optional" and therefore "too exepensive" and/or "less important" -- but a trip to the emergency room is "mandatory" because it's now an "emergency" (and that money comes out of a different budget).
Unfortunately this is not how funding is allocated. Housing is effectively "optional" and therefore "too exepensive" and/or "less important" -- but a trip to the emergency room is "mandatory" because it's now an "emergency" (and that money comes out of a different budget).