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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2195882" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>priorities, priorities</p><p></p><p><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/05/21/3779478/house-ndaa-2017-budget/" target="_blank">The Republicans’ Military Budget Could Make Every Homeless Person In America A Millionaire</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>The Republicans’ Military Budget Could Make Every Homeless Person In America A Millionaire</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Buy Every Homeless Person A $1 Million Home</strong></span></p><p>In January 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found there were <a href="https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2015-AHAR-Part-1.pdf" target="_blank">564,708 homeless people</a> on a given night in the United States. As ThinkProgress has <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/10/09/3577980/end-homelessness/" target="_blank">previously reported</a>, one of the best ways to end homelessness is to make more permanent housing available.</p><p></p><p>Last year, a <a href="https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/pdf/HUD_503_Family_Options_Study_Interim_Report_v2.pdf" target="_blank">HUD study</a> found that giving families permanent subsidies, like a housing choice voucher, is more effective in preventing homelessness than other interventions, like short-term rental assistance or temporary housing. It also helps keep families together. A <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/05/27/3441772/florida-homeless-financial-study/" target="_blank">2014 study</a> from the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness estimated that it cost the state over $31,000 each year for each chronically homeless person, compared to just $10,000 to provide them with permanent housing, job training, and health care.</p><p></p><p>Using those findings, ending homelessness in the United States would likely require about .01 percent of next year’s likely military expenditures. T<strong>he government could even purchase a $1 million home for every homeless person in the United States with the budget, and it would still have money leftover.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>According to figures by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States doesn’t just spend more than the next six countries combined</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2195882, member: 56035"] priorities, priorities [URL="http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/05/21/3779478/house-ndaa-2017-budget/"]The Republicans’ Military Budget Could Make Every Homeless Person In America A Millionaire[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]The Republicans’ Military Budget Could Make Every Homeless Person In America A Millionaire[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B]Buy Every Homeless Person A $1 Million Home[/B][/SIZE] In January 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found there were [URL='https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2015-AHAR-Part-1.pdf']564,708 homeless people[/URL] on a given night in the United States. As ThinkProgress has [URL='http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/10/09/3577980/end-homelessness/']previously reported[/URL], one of the best ways to end homelessness is to make more permanent housing available. Last year, a [URL='https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/pdf/HUD_503_Family_Options_Study_Interim_Report_v2.pdf']HUD study[/URL] found that giving families permanent subsidies, like a housing choice voucher, is more effective in preventing homelessness than other interventions, like short-term rental assistance or temporary housing. It also helps keep families together. A [URL='http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/05/27/3441772/florida-homeless-financial-study/']2014 study[/URL] from the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness estimated that it cost the state over $31,000 each year for each chronically homeless person, compared to just $10,000 to provide them with permanent housing, job training, and health care. Using those findings, ending homelessness in the United States would likely require about .01 percent of next year’s likely military expenditures. T[B]he government could even purchase a $1 million home for every homeless person in the United States with the budget, and it would still have money leftover.[/B] [B]According to figures by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States doesn’t just spend more than the next six countries combined[/B] [/QUOTE]
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