Costs of Serving Homeless Individuals in Nine Cities

Lewin Group, 2004

This series of bar graphs illustrates the costs of supportive housing, jail, prison, shelter, mental hospital and hospital use in the following nine cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. Supportive housing was shown to be the first or second-most cost-effective option in all nine locations. These graphs were produced by the Lewin Group for the Partnership to End Long-Term Homelessness.

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Research category: Cost Savings