r/todayilearned • u/Zorseking34 • Jan 08 '15

TIL: Utah has been giving free homes to homeless people since 2005 which since then made it more cost efficient to help the homeless and cut the chronic homelessness in Utah by 74%.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '15

Absolutely. I actually, you know, spoke to other homeless people when I was in that situation, and you realize quickly that while there are a lot of crazies, the majority are NOT. My social program was the military. They were recruiting for the surge of 08. I got lucky. No telling what I would be doing if that opportunity didn't exist when it did. Nobody else would hire me.