A study shows that, providing someone with a home actually saves taxpayers money — approximately $34,000 per person annually. It has found that, if a person is housed, they spend 85 per cent fewer days in jail and 67 per cent fewer days in hospital (Nenshi, 2015). It is a positive motivation for the providers as they are getting benefited and of course a positive motivation for the homeless people as they are getting roof over their head and they are getting secured life. It is hard to spend the days and nights living on the streets, camping in parks or squatting in empty lots. It has an impact on a person’s mental and physical health, and makes it difficult to focus on anything other than day-to-day needs. This is why providing home will help them to focus on other things. It is a win-win situation for both and the nation as well, as it will help to improve the economic …show more content…
Since homelessness is a national problem, it’s our duty to solve this problem. There are so many problems associated with homelessness like high rate of severe crime, addictions and so forth. If we can solve this problem first we will be able to solve other problems. Illumination of this problem will help the homeless people to focus on important things, which is economically and socially beneficial. A study shows Canada spends about $7 billion a year on the homeless people, but finding permanent housing for them in Alberta would only cost $18,000 per individual. It costs less to house a homeless person than to respond to the health-maintenance and other effects of life on the street. Cities alone cannot solve homelessness; however the government should support and collaborate to solve the