Funny that's the example you'd use, my city pays about eight million dollars per square mile. The City pays for all the beds at one shelter, but the operator has only been filling half the beds.
Oh and you'll love this, many of the social service grants given out by the City since 2020 weren't followed up on by city staff, resulting in grant recipients being unable to account for grant funding. Including the shelter I referred to above in the amount of 1.4 million dollars.