… they're going to need more support, but it ends up costing us a lot more in police phone calls and in hospital beds and in emergency stays and the jails. All those things are way more expensive than, you know, caring for some folks, ending a lot of people's homelessness, getting them back on their feet. and for the folks who need the extra support, getting them that. But it's tough at a city by city level, you know, because then you're talking about the property tax caps, limits. (21:41–21:49)
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Asserts that emergency services are more costly than addressing homelessness directly.
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