That’s the whole “common sense Conservatives” schtick. It effectively translates to, “just trust us, don’t look at the data, we’re definitely doing this for the good of the people and not solely those who line our pockets.”
Their base, often with limited critical thinking ability, is happy to lap it up as it means they don’t have to use their brain.
Here’s an older article from a city in Canada with similar findings, along with a few more savings figures and reasons why ‘housing first’ works.
I didn’t find any updated figures with a quick search, but it looks like there was $1m/yr funding committed in 2021 for a similar purpose.
Likely targeting impaired drivers.
I’m not American, but why would a rental agency need a customer’s SSN?
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