It's as though getting to the core of problems and solving them to the greatest extent saves money.

I wish the US would consider this rather than ignoring some and inventing others.

A republican horror story

Good job Canada

It's cheaper to help people than it is to pay people to make up reasons not to help them, to pay people to answer the phone, the rent a building for them, setup an office, HR, etc... Just provide them the help that they need.

Wait, so fixing problems in one system reduces stress on a bunch of others?

This sounds like communism. Everyone involved will need to be shot.

There were similar findings in Regina about 8 years ago. About $18,000 spent housing someone with about $73,800 saved on average between hospital, ER, detox, and policing (2017 dollars). Here's another article on it from 2018.

The difference that a stable, safe, and secure place to live makes is quite obvious, it's sad this can't get more support everywhere.