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January 22, 2014 04:00 pm PST
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Fighting homelessness by giving homeless peoplehouses
A program in Salt Lake City decided that it would be smarter -- and more humane -- to spend $11K/year each to house 17 chronically homeless people and provide them with social workers than it would be to waste the average of $16,670/year per person to imprison them and treat them at emergency rooms.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vmbGhSHt9zU/story01.htm
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