Housing B.C. homeless would save $211M: report

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[h3]Housing B.C. homeless would save $211M: report[/h3]A study says providing shelter for the homeless with severe addictions and mental illness throughout British Columbia could save taxpayers millions of dollars.   "Addiction is the most prevalent mental health problem in both the street homeless and at-risk populations, followed by concurrent disorders and, less frequently, mental illness alone,'' says the Simon Fraser University report. [/p]  The paper -- entitled "Housing and Support for Adults With Severe Addictions and/or Mental Illnesses in British Columbia'' -- says providing non-housing services for such people costs the public system more than $55,000 per year per person. [/p]  It says providing adequate housing and supports could reduce this cost to $37,000 per year. [/p]  The team of researchers -- from SFU, the University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary -- says the overall "cost avoidance'' of such a plan is about $211 million per year. [/p]  "The costs of providing supported housing and other health services to this population . . . is lower than the cost incurred through the use of emergency departments, the corrections system and emergency shelters when they are homeless,'' the report says.
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In a country and fully developed world which preaches that everyone is equal; that goes to other countries and demand equality in the places don't have equality, we sure like treating our own well. When will we as a society realize we're stronger as a whole if everyone is truly "created equal".  Homeless people aren't some pest of society, they're Canadians and people just like the rest of us.

 
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Russ

SD Wrote:

The paper -- entitled "Housing and Support for Adults With Severe Addictions and/or Mental Illnesses in British Columbia'' -- says providing non-housing services for such people costs the public system more than $55,000 per year per person.

  I think this says it all

  why are we spending more than the national average for what a person makes, more than what a BC'er makes..

and then let all the services go to waste as they continue on the streets
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

Van

Come on Russ, this plan worked well for Cuba!!
When the End comes, don't worry if your party shoes are clean or not. Just make sure you have them on!

Russ

Van wrote:
 Come on Russ, this plan worked well for Cuba!! [/DIV]
 Ha! This IS true.  
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims

P.C.

When will we as a society realize we're stronger as a whole if everyone is truly "created equal".  Homeless people aren't some pest of society, they're Canadians and people just like the rest of us.

  It's unrealist to say everyone is created equal....the natural and imperfect process of creation dictates otherwise.   It's a lovely sentiment....but it just isn't so, nor can or will it EVER be so.  
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

I wanna live in the United Federation of Planets...24th century...  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

P.C.

I've been there. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/e058.gif" border=0]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Van

This whole report seems kind of.....[img height=20 src="vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Other/28.gif" width=19 border=0] ....  
When the End comes, don't worry if your party shoes are clean or not. Just make sure you have them on!

Lil Me


 
 P.C. is....Guinan? No wonder she's not only bartender of the Ebony Lounge, but counsellor to DS.
   
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

P.C.

Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lil Me

 Preventative spending can be cost effective if carefully applied.
 
  ie Fire/emergency prevention versus fire fighting/ emergency rescue, free public vaccination versus disease treatment
 
  But..not to be cynical or anything... in general, gov't famous for throwing money at a problem.  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Van

P.C. wrote:
What report.  [/DIV]
 LOL! the SFU report saying BC would save millions by spending millions...????
When the End comes, don't worry if your party shoes are clean or not. Just make sure you have them on!

P.C.

I know.....   ....that's alien humour.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Van

If we all spend more than we earn, and give our great faith the government will take care of us, we can sit back and.......OMG!!!

  wait! is there room for one more in the 24th??!! Please let me join you!!
When the End comes, don't worry if your party shoes are clean or not. Just make sure you have them on!

Russ

Im just thinking that we should all stop working and let the big guy take care of us all. Seems to work for lots of people... lol
Mercy to the Guilty is Torture to the Victims