{"id":213,"date":"2026-05-15T11:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=213"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:41:50","slug":"does-each-chronically-homeless-person-cost-taxpayers-30000-to-50000-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Does each chronically homeless person cost taxpayers $30,000 to $50,000 per year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2>YES<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Each chronically homeless person costs taxpayers $30,000 to $50,000 per year, according to the most recently available data from government agencies and advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=212\">Colorado lawmakers debated education bills over teacher housing, state testing and more. Here\u2019s where they landed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness noted in 2016 that each person experiencing chronic homelessness costs taxpayers as much as . Nonprofit policy group Results for America attributed those costs primarily to \u201cinteractions with the healthcare and criminal-legal systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 2017 National Alliance to End Homelessness report found that each chronically homeless person . It said those costs could be cut in half by placing them in supportive housing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=210\">Colorado nonprofit leader who killed himself, leaving wife and young daughter, had chronic brain disease<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catholic Charities USA says people\u00a0experiencing long-term or repeated homelessness\u00a0make up\u00a0about 22%\u00a0of the\u00a0homeless population.<\/p>\n<p>The Maine State Housing Authority\u2019s 2025 Point in Time Count recorded 549 chronically homeless Mainers, up from 494 a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=208\">Tennyson Center is closing its youth residential center \u2014 again \u2014 after staff injuries, alleged sex assault of teen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>United States Interagency Council on Homelessness: <\/li>\n<li>Results for America: Proven Strategies to Address Homelessness: Stories from Four Cities<\/li>\n<li>National Alliance to End Homelessness: <\/li>\n<li>Catholic Charities USA: Healthy Housing Initiative<\/li>\n<li>Maine State Housing Authority: 2025 Point in Time Count<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n        This fact brief was originally published by Maine Trust for Local News on May 13, 2026, and was authored by J. 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Each chronically homeless person costs taxpayers up to $50,000 per year, recent data from government agencies and advocacy groups shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Does each chronically homeless person cost taxpayers $30,000 to $50,000 per year? - Colorado Relocation Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=213\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does each chronically homeless person cost taxpayers $30,000 to $50,000 per year? - Colorado Relocation Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes. 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