Study Shows Shelter Reduces Costs

Posted by: Alek Miller

14 October 2009 - 1:00pm

A four-year study by United Way of Greater Los Angeles has shown that stable housing provides benefits to taxpayers as well as the homeless.

"The four-year study followed four homeless people while they lived on the streets and later as they found stable housing. Researchers concluded that taxpayers could save $20,000 a year per person in public services. There were an estimated 73,000 homeless in L.A. County last year."

Full Story: Sheltering L.A. County's homeless could save taxpayer money, study finds

Source: Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2009