It probably does save the state money per bum so treated. However it must draw more homeless people into the state and induce more of the barely not homeless to become homeless. Overall it must still cost more than it “saves.” It certainly doesn’t inculcate a work ethic.
“A kind of insurance plan. Utah’s own calculations suggested that the state would pocket $5,000 a year by putting the homeless in apartments, instead of hoping they didn’t end up in hospitals.”
Who needs taxpayers if they can make $5,000 per homeless person? Give us your tired, your poor, your homeless. We’ll make money! (Obvious sarcasm)
Is homelessness the new “I walked 8 miles to school - uphill both ways?”