San Francisco Has Spent Billions To End Homelessness And It’s Been A Total Disaster

The city of San Francisco’s housing for the homeless is so decrepit and dangerous, that at least one vagabond told the press that he prefers to sleep on the street rather than take advantage of the tax-payer-funded shelter.

In 2016, San Francisco launched a new program to end homelessness with a $160 million budget. That figure has since ballooned to more than one billion per year. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the city now pays non-profits to maintain and staff hotels purchased by the city. Homeless people are then offered rooms as shelters and despite the incredible amount of cash, the results have been entirely disastrous.

Richard Brustie, a homeless man in the Golden Gate City told the San Francisco Chronicle that he moved into one city-funded shelter with his girlfriend and “the kitchen sink had human s*** in it, and the hotel has black mold.”

The rooms are reportedly filled with mold and feces while also being the location of 14% of the city’s drug overdoses despite housing only 1% of the city’s population.

“So we said screw that, and we started sleeping on the streets,” Brustie added. – READ MORE