Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population

[IM2]

So now all of a sudden we were once a great nation? Funny cause your little ***** ass says America was never great so Trump could never MAGA

America has never been great for everyone, and Trump is flushing what we have left down the toilet.

 

[Stann]

So now all of a sudden we were once a great nation? Funny cause your little ***** ass says America was never great so Trump could never MAGA

If you believe America is better off since trump showed up you are very wrong. We've never been weaker because of him.

 

[westwall]

America has never been great for everyone, and Trump is flushing what we have left down the toilet.

True. America, nor any country for that matter, is great for everyone.

But America has been the absolute best, for the largest number of people in all of man's history.

Which is why even though you piss and moan about how terrible it is, you know that it is better than anyplace else.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Trump has said one of his goals in DC is to do something about the homeless population. The problem with thinking on the right is that they believe that the most punitive actions are solutions for problems. Oftentimes, their punitive "solutions" cost more and are less effective than the so-called soft liberal policies they say are the problem.

Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population​

Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC's police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to "end vagrancy" by destroying homeless encampments and arresting and forcibly relocating the people taking shelter there.

But according to an investigation published on Wednesday by Hanna Homestead of the National Priorities Project, in collaboration with The Intercept, deploying the National Guard and "getting rid of the slums" is costing far more than it would cost to simply provide housing to every homeless person in the city.

Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC's police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to "end vagrancy" by destroying homeless encampments and arresting and forcibly relocating the people taking shelter there.

But according to an investigation published on Wednesday by Hanna Homestead of the National Priorities Project, in collaboration with The Intercept, deploying the National Guard and "getting rid of the slums" is costing far more than it would cost to simply provide housing to every homeless person in the city.


Governors from six US states have sent troops to Washington to help Trump's effort, swelling the ranks to nearly 2,100 who will soon be on patrol.

According to previous reporting, National Guard deployments cost the US government $530 per guard member each day. Using that figure, Homestead estimated that it would cost just over $1.1 million.

She added that "the number of troops will likely continue to grow. And with no deadline for the DC deployment, those costs could add up for months or even years."

According to the most recent data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), there are about 5,600 people experiencing either sheltered and unsheltered homelessness in DC on a given night. Operating an affordable housing unit for each one of them, the data shows, costs about $45.44 per person, per day, on average in DC.

Providing affordable housing to every homeless person in DC would cost an estimated $255,166, which is 4.3 times less than the cost of Trump's military deployment.

Trump's DC Occupation Costs 4 Times More Than It Would Take to House City's Entire Homeless Population | Common Dreams

Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, DC costs more than 4 times as much as it would cost to simply house every homeless person in the city, according to researcher Hanna Homestead.

www.commondreams.org

Draconian measures cost draconian money. And we get told how we cannot force the government to spend to provide housing for the homeless. Yet the same people who declare how it's wasteful to spend money to provide housing to the homeless, but cheer the more costly use of troops to take them off the streets.

This is why you do not elect right-wing politicians if you want real solutions.

So race there and take some homeless back home with you, then. Oh wait, you're just another fart in the wind, stinking up the place for a minute or two and then going away. More than enough Democrats to take them all in, same as with illegal aliens, but Democrats wouldn't be caught dead backing up their bullshit claims of caring about any of them.

 

[Stann]

So race there and take some homeless back home with you, then. Oh wait, you're just another fart in the wind, stinking up the place for a minute or two and then going away. More than enough Democrats to take them all in, same as with illegal aliens, but Democrats wouldn't be caught dead backing up their bullshit claims of caring about any of them.

Anything is better than what trump is doing. Pretending to care then gutting safety nets for people every chance he gets with the end result of creating even more homeless people. Ever since COVID it's been high but since early 2026 it is at record highs now with no sign of stopping. Thank you trump for doing everything in your power to.mske things worse.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Anything is better than what trump is doing. Pretending to care then gutting safety nets for people every chance he gets with the end result of creating even more homeless people. Ever since COVID it's been high but since early 2026 it is at record highs now with no sign of stopping. Thank you trump for doing everything in your power to.mske things worse.

I wonder if Biden's 12 million new illegals priced any Americans out of the housing market?

 

[westwall]

Anything is better than what trump is doing. Pretending to care then gutting safety nets for people every chance he gets with the end result of creating even more homeless people. Ever since COVID it's been high but since early 2026 it is at record highs now with no sign of stopping. Thank you trump for doing everything in your power to.mske things worse.

Then leave. Run to where you think it's better.

 

[Harry Dresden]

By the time trump is done this administration will end up costing US all more than ever and we will get nothing in return except more chaos , hatred and division in our once great nation. It's going to be lucky if America even survives trump.

hold on to your undies stann...we will survive,we have had bad presidents before,,,

 

[Dragonlady]

True. America, nor any country for that matter, is great for everyone.

But America has been the absolute best, for the largest number of people in all of man's history.

Which is why even though you piss and moan about how terrible it is, you know that it is better than anyplace else.

That is simply NOT true. Not for the slaves, not for the Native Americans who were slaughtered. And not for immigrants today.

You're the only nation in the world doing "mass deportations" - again!

 

[Stann]

hold on to your undies stann...we will survive,we have had bad presidents before,,,

Not emotional about this crisis. Just stating the obvious , we have never faced a threat this bad from anyone or anything. trump is so devious and insidious. I consider him
A cancer on America.

 

[westwall]

That is simply NOT true. Not for the slaves, not for the Native Americans who were slaughtered. And not for immigrants today.

You're the only nation in the world doing "mass deportations" - again!

Yeah, it is true. America has been the best, for the most in all of man's history.

We have given more money, to more countries in financial, medical, disaster relief, infrastructure building aid etc. Than all of the countries of the world combined over the last 60 years.

And it isn't even close.

 

[EdwinAMartin]

Not for the slaves, not for the Native Americans who were slaughtered.

Slavery lasted from 1787 to 1865, less than 70 years, shorter than any other countries in the world. 'Native Americans' did a good job of slaughtering themselves, and long before European showed up. And, they were treated a lot better by Americans than they treated others, so they have no room for sniveling. If you feel bad, then give them your stuff and leave.

 

[Stann]

Slavery lasted from 1787 to 1865, less than 70 years, shorter than any other countries in the world. 'Native Americans' did a good job of slaughtering themselves, and long before European showed up. And, they were treated a lot better by Americans than they treated others, so they have no room for sniveling. If you feel bad, then give them your stuff and leave.

I don't think you can be a bigger asshole than that.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

You're the only nation in the world doing "mass deportations" - again!

When are you morons going to get a clue?

 

[protectionist]

By the time trump is done this administration will end up costing US all more than ever and we will get nothing in return except more chaos , hatred and division in our once great nation. It's going to be lucky if America even survives trump.

You got SAFETY, moron. The president's # 1 job, Being the PROTECTIONIST of the people. Pheeeew. Liberals are so f'n stupid.

 

[Stann]

You got SAFETY, moron. The president's # 1 job, Being the PROTECTIONIST of the people. Pheeeew. Liberals are so f'n stupid.

We need protection from trump , moron.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

N

95% of the murder victims in DC are black. Not one black person was murdered last week. Are you saying black lives don't matter?

How many were murdered the previous 8 weeks?

 

[Stann]

How many were murdered the previous 8 weeks?

Herein Omaha every day there's a murder. On the news I wait to see if it was a black.man in North Omaha or a Latino in South Omaha.99% of the time it's one or the other and it's usually black on black or Latino on Latino. It's usually a young person late at night. Guns seem to be preferedby blacks.Latinos like their knives. Not judging just reporting what I see and hear. They just have too many crazy people in those two groups. Does not reflect on the group as a whole , most holding down jobs , raising families and trying to survive like everyone else.

 

[westwall]

We need protection from trump , moron.

Tell that to Iryina...

 

[Stann]

You got SAFETY, moron. The president's # 1 job, Being the PROTECTIONIST of the people. Pheeeew. Liberals are so f'n stupid.

Looked it up. Nation security is his main focus. The tools ( strategies for success ) a president utilizes to get this done are ;1. Balancing the interests of competing groups of the American public. Let's rate this one a total failure. He recently called Democrats the enemy. 2. Crisis management - another failure , trump creates crises instead of solving them. 3. Policy leadership - another failure. He axed health care for millions of Americans and offered nothing in return. The only infrastructure he's claiming credit for is the projects Biden got pushed through. Plus he's denying the environmental crisis and weather change exist..making things worse by undoing protections and funding. 4.Communication , failure again. Most Americans are simply tunning him out rather than try to listen to his childish gibberish. Really needs someone to speak on his behalf that knows how to communicate. So.much for getting things done. Not effective at all. End result - Epic Fail !