Reposted by Washington Post Data Team
The Post reviewed the budgets of 12 U.S. cities with large homeless populations and found a 75 percent jump in spending on homeless services over the past five years.
The increases have fueled debate over whether cities are spending effectively.
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Homelessness stubbornly persists even as U.S. cities spend more to end it
A Washington Post review of 12 cities found combined spending rose more than 75 percent in the past five years. Is it too little or too much?
