The Department of Homeless Services says it’s cut ties with three nonprofits cited in the report and were seeking corrective measures from at least two others.
While way too high, some of that cost is for things other than housing directly. There’s going to be some overhead that is still useful and increases the cost per person. It obviously shouldn’t be that high, but it probably will make it cost more than the equivalent would be in housing cost alone.
Besides overhead I wonder if they are including staff like case managers or something to assist these individuals in adjusting? I hope so. Transitioning out of homelessness is important too.
That would potentially make sense. If you ignore the buying power. Let’s face it, these huge salaries and hiring their families aren’t the things we consider "cost of business*.
4 billion a year to house 86,000 people is $46,500 yr/person.
$3875/mo/person
Being honest, with a budget like that I could rent an apartment in NYC that I can only assume is quite a bit nicer than a literal homeless shelter
While way too high, some of that cost is for things other than housing directly. There’s going to be some overhead that is still useful and increases the cost per person. It obviously shouldn’t be that high, but it probably will make it cost more than the equivalent would be in housing cost alone.
Besides overhead I wonder if they are including staff like case managers or something to assist these individuals in adjusting? I hope so. Transitioning out of homelessness is important too.
The article did speak about “subcontractors”
That would potentially make sense. If you ignore the buying power. Let’s face it, these huge salaries and hiring their families aren’t the things we consider "cost of business*.