Making an economic case for housing the homeless

In an ideal world, we’d all do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. But this is the real world, and sometimes people need incentives. Jehan Benton, director of Guilford County’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, talks to the N&R’s Joe Killian:

“You can break it down where you end up spending $20,000 in public resources on one person, with no change. They’re right where they were when you started. Or you can spend $10,000 and they’re in a home, they have services and they’re not using thousands or tens of thousands in public resources.”

Jehan also discusses education, job training, stereotypes, and more. Read the whole article here.