Homelessness in Billings, Montana is measured to cost over
$31,000,000 a year!!!
Approximately 2000 homeless people come through Billings in a year. On average, there are 365 individuals at one time. Each individual costs approximately $15,534.
Imagine the possibilities of what that money could be used for......
you could buy Seven $4.5 million yachts
or 60% of Oprah's $50 million home in Santa Barbara, California
photo from: buildwish.comor you could live here at Nygard Cay Beach Resort for 2 years @ $40,000/night
photo from resortworld.com
or you could eat 62,000 lbs. of Podolico cheese from southern Italy, the most expensive cheese in the world @ $500/lb.
photo from prodotticasearirpini.com
or you could buy 15,500 French Mastiff puppies!!
You could be like all the Ms. America candidates that want everyone to have a puppy.
photos from barberton.olx.com and gentlegiantsrescue.com
Imagine the change $31,000,000 would have on the community of Billings...
It would be simply astonishing.
****$31,000,000 estimate comes from
the Ten year plan of the
Mayor's Committee on Homelessness of Billings
