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The Inside Safe program, aimed at temporarily housing homeless individuals, has been particularly criticized. The program cost an astonishing $250 million for merely 1,463 individuals, translating to over $200,000 per person annually. Such figures evoke the question: why do municipalities opt for complex, resource-draining solutions when simpler alternatives, like direct cash assistance to individuals in need, might alleviate the problem more effectively?