Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
@jescerdena.bsky.social
Medical anthropologist+family physician fighting for migrant health justice & race-conscious medicine. Author of Pressing Onward. Italian-Chilean. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine +collective liberation. Fueled by coffee, righteous anger, & perpetual hope.
Reposted by Jessica P. Cerdeña, MD, PhD (she/her)
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst