According to a British Columbia study by academics from Simon Fraser University, the University of B.C. and the University of Calgary, it would save the government $18,000 per person per year to house homeless people.
The report, titled Housing and Support for Adults with Severe Addictions and/or Mental Illness in British Columbia, was commissioned by the Ministry of Health in April 2006 to provide information about adults with addictions and/or mental illness in B.C. - and to determine numbers and associated costs, and to recommend solutions.
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I agree that it would be cheaper and more productive for society to tackle this problem by housing people then assessing THEIR NEEDS by ASKING them what they need rather than telling them what they need.
That's the problem in our society instead of asking and listening,people assume and tell instead,so solutions that are there,right in front of people,are ignored.
As I have stated before,identify the needs by asking and listening[not hearing]then work together as a community to solve them.
Such a simple solution but it gets lost in the magnitude of the problem.
Posted by: Charlene Smith | Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 05:57 AM