$5000 per tent per month...

[LuFins Dad]

https://ktla.com/5-live/tents-for-homeless-people-in-san-francisco-cost-the-city-5000-every-month-each/

They could have put them in one bedroom apartments for half that.

[George K]

@lufins-dad said in $5000 per tent per month...:

They could have put them in one bedroom apartments for half that.

Maybe. When I was in SF in 2015, we were told that 1 bedrooms go for $3K. But your point is well-taken.

[jon-nyc]

LD you’re forgetting the incentive effects. If any SFer who makes himself homeless were to get a free apartment there would be a gazillion more homeless.

Better remedy: buy cheaper tents.

[Horace]

Or more likely, fewer and cheaper administrators.

I would be curious how the health care situation is for the tent residents. I bet there are people on hand who facilitate free trips to the ER for free health care.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in $5000 per tent per month...:

LD you’re forgetting the incentive effects. If any SFer who makes himself homeless were to get a free apartment there would be a gazillion more homeless.

Better remedy: buy cheaper tents.

I can outfit them for $3K per tent per month. I’ll toss in a Cara Dune Sleeping Bag as well...