Supportive housing is cheaper than chronic homelessness
- Written by Cameron Parsell, Research Fellow, homelessness, social welfare, and poverty, The University of Queensland

It costs the state government more to keep a person chronically homeless than it costs to provide permanent supportive housing to end homelessness, our recent research shows.
Over a 12-month period, people who were chronically homeless used state government funded services that cost approximately A$48,217 each. Over another 12-month period...