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,
So what’s so wrong about immigrants that warrants spending another 45 billion of the American families’ food money to detain them? What problem is trying to be solved that makes 45 billion dollars a worthy investment for the future of America?
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AwkwardBroccolli@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 1y
45 billion can eliminate homelessness in US. This is blatant corruption.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 1y
But americans also throw almost 200billions down the drain for sports gambling and online casinos. A lot of things can eliminate homelessness.
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 1y
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.
AwkwardBroccolli@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 1y
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,
lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 1y
Because its not just going to be immigrants. Its going to be any us citizen they don't like.
NJSpradlin@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Lemmy Meetup 2028 in the Internment Camps.
Speculater@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
And now they know they can do it without consequences.
CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
You mean internment camps?
BigMacHole@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
Phew! I'm GLAD they Cut my SOCIAL SECURITY to be Able to Afford this!
Throbbing_Banjo@midwest.social · 5 pts · 1y
MAGA: Make America Gulags Again
ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
So what’s so wrong about immigrants that warrants spending another 45 billion of the American families’ food money to detain them? What problem is trying to be solved that makes 45 billion dollars a worthy investment for the future of America?