Homeless people on streets cost Long Beach more than finding housing
In two years on the streets of Long Beach, an unidentified formerly homeless man cost taxpayers about $70,000 in services, hospitalizations and police contact, including a 90-day stay in jail. In two years since the man was placed in permanent supportive housing, the community has saved $44,000. The man was one of four homeless surveyed for a homeless cost study done for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. Continue reading Press Telegram.
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