New York City saves money by sending thousands of homeless people somewhere else
John SextonPosted at 4:01 pm on June 26, 2019
For years there have been stories about “bus ticket therapy†for the homeless, i.e. major cities offering free rides out of town to the homeless. And for just as many years there have been articles claiming that nothing like this really happens, that it’s just a rumor that gets spread by anxious mayors and city council members wherever you go. But it turns out New York City does have something like this. The city will pay one year of free rent for applicants to a program called Special One-Time Assistance. Not all of the people who benefit leave New York, but a lot of them do. From Real Clear Investigations:
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/06/26/new-york-city-saves-money-sending-thousands-homeless-people-somewhere-else/
