Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later:
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) June 24, 2024
*45% secured housing
*Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters
*People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation
*Mental healthβ¦
Denver spends 9 million on homeless to save half a million dollars (-8.5 million), the initiative is a success because only 55% of them used all their extra funds on more heroin
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The average is 5.5? I thought it was 4. This is very unsettling.
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