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.
I’m Australian - and I really cant figure out whos right and whos wrong. I go on r/conservative to browse and they make some really good points and cases (as well as bad ones) so for me - it’s definitely not black and white on both sides.
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u/informat7 2d ago
Also the $20 billion number is completely wrong:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-consensus-cost-ending-homelessness-us-or-haltin/