US spend 3 billions, France only 800 millions but was spending much less
> As the news of homelessness steadily increased in the country, the French government increased the budget from 305 million euros to 820 million euros between 2012 and 2017
While the US
> First, HUD's Homeless Assistance Grants received an additional $130 million compared with FY 2017, bringing total funding to $2.513 billion.
> Congress should invest in proven solutions to homelessness by providing at least $3.1 billion for Homeless Assistance in FY 2021. This represents a $323 million increase over the FY 20 level
If we compare the population they are spending the same amount, but France is facing (as most of the Mediterranean EU countries) a huge migration from Africa, that brought millions of people in just 10 years.
> the trend line at least since 2007 is very much downward.
It's only 13% better 647,000 in 2007 Vs 567,000 in 2019
Also, COVID hit in 2020, not in 2018.
It's never been about budget alone, but what each country does with that budget.
Most of the US spending is not helping the homeless situation, it's simply trying to hide it without much success.
The original point is that given how much money US has to spend and how much money they are throwing at the "problem" the results are underwhelming at best.
Maybe trying something different could change things.