A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
NAEH estimes there were 970,806 people who experience homeless at least one night in 2023. That would require an average home building cost of $46,000 per homeless person if we assume all are permanently homeless. Building costs vary but the national average is about $317,000. I don’t think this amount could “end homelessness” but it could make a dent.
The assumption of 317,000 usd per home does not hold. Thats a very suburbian thought of ending homelessness. Its possible to build multi storey buildings housing more than 100-200 at roughly 20-36 million usd assuming units to be like a hotel room. For a million people, the number would be ~70 billion.
If we move away from the hotel rooms to a bunk bed(like traditional homeless shelters usually are), the number would come down drastically to something like 21 billion. Its possible to end homelessness with the budget for jailing people. Its a choice,
NAEH estimes there were 970,806 people who experience homeless at least one night in 2023. That would require an average home building cost of $46,000 per homeless person if we assume all are permanently homeless. Building costs vary but the national average is about $317,000. I don’t think this amount could “end homelessness” but it could make a dent.
The assumption of 317,000 usd per home does not hold. Thats a very suburbian thought of ending homelessness. Its possible to build multi storey buildings housing more than 100-200 at roughly 20-36 million usd assuming units to be like a hotel room. For a million people, the number would be ~70 billion. If we move away from the hotel rooms to a bunk bed(like traditional homeless shelters usually are), the number would come down drastically to something like 21 billion. Its possible to end homelessness with the budget for jailing people. Its a choice,