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The Phoenix area could save millions of dollars by housing people with mental illnesses instead of allowing them to become homeless, a new report finds. AZCentral reports on the study, from Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute of Public Policy, which found that it is 30% cheaper to provide housing with on-site behavioral and medical supports, than to allow a person to become homeless. A person’s healthcare costs decreased on average by $20,000 once placed in this type of supportive housing, the study said. AZCentral spoke to an emergency room doctor who, over his 40-year career, has treated a number of people in crisis who were dropped off by police. ....
View Comments Metro Phoenix could save millions of dollars of taxpayer money per year by providing supportive housing to people with chronic mental illnesses like schizophrenia, according to a new report out of Arizona State University. The report from the university s Morrison Institute for Public Policy found that it is almost 30% cheaper to provide housing to people with serious chronic mental illness than it is to allow them to become homeless. Most significantly, a person s health care costs decreased by almost $20,000 per year when they were living in a housing program that provides on-site behavioral and medical supports, the report found. ....