Grand Jury: Orange County again fails to curb homelessness
Grand Jury: Orange County again fails to curb homelessness
- July 8, 2025
- Dave Snow and Rachel Goldberg, sociology, Voice of OC, July 8, 2025
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In 2017, a report from the nonprofit United Way OC and UC Irvine found the same thing, highlighting how once people are off the street the cost for aiding them drops dramatically. “Whatever the service or housing category, the costs of homelessness declines when the homeless are housed,” the study’s authors wrote. “We estimate a cost savings of approximately $42 million per year if all Orange County chronically homeless were placed into permanent supportive housing.”
For the full story, please visit https://voiceofoc.org/2025/07/grand-jury-orange-county-again-fails-to-curb-homelessness/.
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