POLICING vs. HOUSING budgets in America, a thread [note: this DOES NOT include police pensions. this is active funding only]

let’s start in LOS ANGELES ($10.7 billion total)

-$1.8 billion on Police
-$89 million on Housing and Community Investment
-$426 million on Homelessness

NEW YORK ($89.3 billion)

-$5.6 billion on Police
-$987 million on Housing Preservation and Development
-$2.1 billion on Homelessness

MINNEAPOLIS ($1.6 billion)

-$193 million on Police
-$24 million on Affordable Housing Development
-$10 million on Homeownership Support & Development

OAKLAND ($1.6 billion)

-$330 million on Police
-$27 million for Housing
-$32 million for Homelessness

CHICAGO ($11.7 billion)

-$1.8 billion on Police
-$199 million on Housing
-$50 million on Homelessness

PHILADELPHIA ($5.0 billion)

-$741 million on Police
-$60 million on Homelessness
-$80 million on Housing???? really unclear if Philly gives any, their city budget doc is almost 1300 pages of mess

SEATTLE ($6 billion)

-$402 million on Police
-$69 million on Housing
-$82 million on Homelessness

DALLAS ($3.7 billion)

-$509 million on Police
-$4.3 million on Housing
-$2 million on Homeless Solutions

BOSTON ($3.5 billion)

-$414 million on Police
-$111.5 million on Housing & Homelessness

MILWAUKEE ($1.1 billion)

-$298 million on Police
-$19 million for “Neighborhood Services,” but only $9.4 million specifically for Affordable Housing and Homeownership

DETROIT ($2.3 billion)

-$257 million on Police
-$69 million on Housing & Revitalization (including Homelessness)

ATLANTA ($2.2 billion)

-$205 million on Police
-$22 million to City Planning (Housing included, not labeled how much of the $22 million actually goes to housing)

PORTLAND ($5.1 billion)

-$230 million on Police
-$37 million for the Housing Bureau
-$34.4 million for the Joint Office of Homeless Services

LOUISVILLE ($876 million)

-$187 million on Police
-$1.2 million on Housing and Community Development
-$1 million on Homelessness