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"housing first" initiatives end up saving governments money in the long run, because people in stable situations require fewer supports, are healthier physically & mentally, have the bandwidth for pastimes & participating in their communities, etc etc.
(if i didn't know any better, i might think having an unhoused population is an intentional policy choice to threaten people with & to keep capitalism going. because if people just started building & providing housing to one another for free, like they used to before planning permission & other red tape, our local communities might start to be too independent & self-sufficient to keep centi-billionaires quite as rich, oh no! ๐ฑ)