According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, it would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the United States.

It is a fact that it costs about $10,000 per person, per year, to give homeless persons homes of their own. $10,000 per year works out to around $27.40 per day.

Study Data Show that Housing Chronically Homeless People Saves Money, Lives. Based on the Housing First philosophy, PSH reduces the need for costly public services by providing chronically homeless people with permanent housing at a subsided rate, along with supportive services to help them maintain their housing.

Best Cities to be Homeless in America

1. Key West, Florida. The first city on our list of the best cities for homeless people in Key West, Florida.
2. Berkeley, California. The climate in Berkeley, California is mild, which favors outdoor living for homeless people all year long.
3. San Diego, California.
4. Seattle, Washington.

Though San Francisco is widely considered a national leader in responding to homelessness with measures such as supportive housing units, volunteers, and service programs, the city also leads the nation in developing ordinances banning life-sustaining activities, with 23 laws prohibiting sitting, sleeping, standing.

Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2178 into law on Sept. 18. It forbids so-called limited service charitable organizations from serving food in plazas, parks and other public spaces without a permit. Local officials may confiscate the food and cite the organization with a misdemeanor.

(1) The right to move freely in the same manner as any other person in public spaces, including, but not limited to, plazas, parking lots, public sidewalks, public parks, public transportation, public streets, and public buildings, in the same manner as any other person, and without discrimination spaces without being …

(5) Vagrancy laws: Vagrancy laws have been held to be discriminatory on their face because they criminalize a person’s status rather than a behavior. Nevertheless, these laws existed in California until the Legislature revised them in 1961.