‘Do you think that homeless people choose to be homeless?’ Orange County United Way hopes to change public opinion on building supportive housing

Research by Goldberg and Snow, sociology, in the Orange County Register, March 1, 2018

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The foundation of the United to End Homelessness campaign is a 2017 study by UCI researchers that concluded Orange County taxpayers could save $42 million annually in health care, law enforcement and other expenses by adopting a housing-first model to get chronically homeless people off the streets. Orange County United Way and affordable housing developer Jamboree Housing Corp. paid for the study.

For the full story, please visit https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/01/do-you-think-that-homeless-people-choose-to-be-homeless-orange-county-united-way-hopes-to-change-public-opinion-on-building-supportive-housing/.