New Study Reveals Cost Benefits In Housing The Homeless

Joy Junction driver Diana Peterson-Lane, left, talking to homeless people at the Albuquerque Rescue Mission.  Photo: Richard Pipes.
Joy Junction driver Diana Peterson-Lane, left, talking to homeless people at the Albuquerque Rescue Mission. Photo: Richard Pipes.

The University of New Mexico Institute for Social Research conducted a study for the City of Albuquerque on the cost and benefits of housing the homeless in the city. Results of the Albuquerque Heading Home Initiative reveal that it is cost effective to house the homeless.