Build Housing For Homeless To Save Money

The study recommends the implementation of a supportive housing model, which has been used with success in 200 North American cities, most notably New York City. Calgary and Red Deer, Alta., are also using a similar approach. The programs see small apartments built for homeless people and support programs in education, addiction, mental and physical health delivered directly to them in their apartments. Recent studies in New York show homeless people who enter into such programs stabilize their lives and have a much greater chance of never being homeless again, and that many get their lives together and move out of social housing altogether, resulting in a further savings. The program there started after the city presented a business case to the state and federal governments. The upper-tier governments supplied the capital funds to build the apartments, and the city paid the cost of running the programs. ... http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=b406b16b-3257-45d6-bc1b-1ac5e5f3cdde

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