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T Wolf 🌁@Twolfrecovery · Sep 3, 2026

We now have evidence of how at least $7.7 billion for homelessness was spent on salaries. They created a jobs program…

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A thread arguing that billions in homelessness spending has been wasted on bloated NGO salaries and ineffective programs rather than actually helping homeless people, citing examples like San Francisco's $60k tents and LA's $900M housing initiative with 40% failure rates.

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    We now have evidence of how at least $7.7 billion for homelessness was spent on salaries. They created a jobs program that grows at the expense of the actual homeless who need help instead of helping the homeless. The waste is astounding. 🧵

    Cicero Institute@InstituteCicero · Sep 3, 2026

    $7.7 BILLION — that's how much compensation grew at America's homeless NGOs from 2013 to 2024, while homelessness rose to a record 771,480. The system pays for inputs, not outcomes. Our new report analyzed the IRS filings of 1,458 HUD-funded NGOs. ciceroinstitute.org/research/the-c…

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    Remember the tent city in front of city hall in San Francisco in 2020? Those tents cost the city and you, the taxpayer, $60k each. Most of that went to NGOs to provide "services." The tent city failed in every way to reduce homelessness. NGOs got paid. The homeless languished.

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    Or more recently, in Los Angeles, where the city spent $900 million to "house" 1,200 people (again, through NGOs) and 40% left the housing within a year. @MayorOfLA @spencerpratt westsidecurrent.com/news/exclusive…

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    @MayorOfLA @spencerpratt What about just good ol' naked fraud? A non profit CEO stole at least $10 million to enrich himself with "compensation" using your taxpayer dollars. This is just the tip of the iceberg. courthousenews.com/la-homeless-ho…

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    @MayorOfLA @spencerpratt Homeless Inc./Homeless Industrial Complex. Whatever you want to call it, has amounted to a majority of $ received from taxpayers being squandered. The evidence is clear, and the inability of cities and NGOs to provide data on outcomes confirms it. You've been fooled. @HUDgov