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2024-02-05 08:02:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8A70CF06B4494DCA543DCDF75365B656D83E07F49866014648D9B6E55AC0C658
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The cited figure is from 2012, and widely disputed. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/us/homeless-rates-steady-despite-recession-hud-says.html?_r=1& https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/27/facebook-posts/no-consensus-cost-ending-homelessness-us-or-haltin/ Current estimates for California alone are $8.1 billion annually, or $100B in the next 12 years. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-21/the-price-of-ending-homelessness-in-california-8-billion-a-year?sref=0IejgNtz
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