House the Homeless, Save Millions

Building housing fro the homeless in Seattle is saving the city more than $3 million per year, according to this editorial from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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January 13, 2008, 7:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg

"More proof that compassion isn't just good for the soul, but also good for one's pocketbook: Seattle and King County's housing projects targeting the chronically homeless work, and they save us $3.2 million each year. The Housing First projects are fiscally prudent, and, indeed, the very thing that made them controversial also makes them effective by seriously lowering the number of homeless patients needing emergency medical care."

FULL STORY: Homelessness: Good for the soul

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Housing Social / Demographics Washington

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