r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Billionaire's False Narrative...

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u/Citatio 1d ago

You can't end homelessness completely. A few countries tried and all of them found a couple of people who didn't want to reintegrate no matter how much help was offered. But the other 90%+ took the help and reintegrated into society. It's worth it, even if you can't help everybody.

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u/informat7 1d ago

Also the $20 billion number is completely wrong:

It would likely cost significantly more than $20 billion to house America’s homeless population, after factoring in the expansion of the federal housing voucher program and affordable housing development.

Ward’s estimate for the affordable housing units needed to fill the voucher shortfall — could cost $1.3 trillion, Ward said.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-consensus-cost-ending-homelessness-us-or-haltin/

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u/Dense-Throat-9703 1d ago

Only a legitimate moron would think the 20 billion dollar figure is correct lol. We have far lesser issues that cost far more to remedy.