Cost of homelessness in oklahoma city ta…
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this material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A yearlong study has found the cost of serving the homeless in Oklahoma City is about $28.7 million a year, which works out to about $57 for every city resident.
Advertisement The study was conducted by a private consultant on behalf of the city as part of a long-term effort to reduce homelessness. it tracked costs in a variety of areas, from keeping the doors open at local emergency shelters to medical costs and police response.
The study found the largest part of that cost went toward beds at emergency shelters, about $8.7 million a year.
planning Director Russell Claus said that’s a problem because emergency shelter beds are far more expensive than other solutions.”we are providing 812 beds per night every night of the year at a cost of about $30 a night,” Claus said. “Emergency shelter beds are a lot more expensive than transitional housing, which is about half that cost.