$1.2 million for 50 people is $24,000 per person.
220,000 homes is about $5.50 per home.
Each person will hit 4,400 homes. Say average of 6 mins. per home, so 10 in an hour. 440 hours at 7 hours a day is 63 days. $24k for a month and a half of work is pretty good.
Take out 80% for overhead and administrative costs
How many of these workers will sit in their car or a bar and falsify papers? Going door to door in Detroit would classify as a death penalty.