[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by Jets4Life

You have to factor in:

-Ambulance/EMT costs (more likely to use services)
-Police (more likely to be arrested and tie up police manpower)
-Correctional Institutions (more likely to be incarcerated if homeless)
-Homeless Shelters
-Drunk Tanks (more likely to be brought there if homeless)
-Security costs to remove people from warm places at night (parking garages, bus shelters, the +15, Ctrain stations, etc)


There is also hidden costs associated with homelessness, like poor health, substance abuse, mental illness, vulnerability to numerous things like violence, etc.

The figures obtained that show it is five times more costly to taxpayers to have an individual homeless were certainly not done by the Canadian Government. These figures have been known for years, and have been released by NGO's and anti-poverty groups all around the world.

You should go a little easy with the stereotypes