Does Housing First literally save money?
Housing First refers to the provision of deeply subsidized permanent housing, combined with social work support, to a person who has experienced long-term homelessness.
It’s often claimed that this approach literally saves money. But is that claim valid?
I break it down here: https://nickfalvo.ca/does-housing-first-literally-save-money/
“In most cities, fewer than 0.001% of the general population would receive Housing First in a given year.”
Housing First advocate would probably argue that housing first should be given to more than just persons who’ve experienced long-term homelessness, but to anyone who don’t have the prospects of getting housing anytime soon. That would go a long way to prevent them from ever become a significant burden on the health and justice system and allow them to be completely on their own sooner.