How in the hell did they blow through three hundred million dollars in one year on this? According to figures they have to provide the Federal government for assistance this is for a population of approximately 7500. Seven thousand five hundred.
Utah took a decade but slashed their numbers by making sure the homeless had an apartment and phone. For the amount of money SF is spending they could buy them homes. The real crime here is the wasteful spending. They are burning close to 40k per person. People harp about wasteful spending on incarceration need to start looking here.
So how is that for even a third of this they cannot house the thousand that still need a bed each night? That number should have been taken care of in the first few months. Sorry for the hyperbole but if we want an example of a government needing a expose on waste and bureaucracy this is an ideal candidate.
Hard numbers as provided by the city.[1].
7,499: 2017 total homeless population
7,539: 2015 total homeless population
(The number was 6,436 in 2013, and 6,455 in 2011.)
5,518: 2017 single homeless adults
5,342: 2015 single homeless adults
The 2016 Utah report doesn't have the same graph showing the homeless population in state over the decade (it did not show a slashing of the homeless population in 2015 just a slight downward trend) but it does show the cost for housing a homeless person across the country - it's roughly 40,000-50,000 per year almost everywhere they surveyed.
Utah took a decade but slashed their numbers by making sure the homeless had an apartment and phone. For the amount of money SF is spending they could buy them homes. The real crime here is the wasteful spending. They are burning close to 40k per person. People harp about wasteful spending on incarceration need to start looking here.
So how is that for even a third of this they cannot house the thousand that still need a bed each night? That number should have been taken care of in the first few months. Sorry for the hyperbole but if we want an example of a government needing a expose on waste and bureaucracy this is an ideal candidate.
Hard numbers as provided by the city.[1].
7,499: 2017 total homeless population 7,539: 2015 total homeless population (The number was 6,436 in 2013, and 6,455 in 2011.)
5,518: 2017 single homeless adults 5,342: 2015 single homeless adults
1,363: 2017 unaccompanied homeless youth 1,567: 2015 unaccompanied homeless youth
1,100: 2017 approximate waiting list for shelter bed 900: 2016 approximate waiting list for shelter bed
[1]http://sfist.com/2017/06/26/2017_san_francisco_homeless_cens...