homelessness

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

The United States of Social Anarchy

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 21, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Can you sense it? Do you feel the dread? Institutions are failing. Cohesion has frayed. As the poet wrote, the center cannot hold, the best lack all conviction, while the worst are filled with passionate intensity. Our country is becoming the United States of Social Anarchy. Read More ›

Homeless in San Francisco sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 26, 2022
Homelessness}

‘Housing First’ Caused the Homelessness Catastrophe

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 26, 2022
Homelessness}

How did the United States end up in such a filthy state? Blame ideologically driven public policies, most particularly, “Housing First,” a fine-sounding—but ultimately dysfunction-inducing—approach that thwarts ending our homelessness catastrophe. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 13, 2022
Homelessness}

Uncle Sam Enabling Homelessness, Not Ending It

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 13, 2022
Homelessness}

Uncle Sam shouldn’t say: Here’s a bed or a room, now do whatever you want. Because that’s not really working for them. Read More ›

Hands of Homelessness Poor man holding the paper house hope to have family home and warm home

^{Discovery Institute
October 12, 2022
Homelessness}

Discovery Institute Releases National Report on Homelessness

_{Discovery Institute
October 12, 2022
Homelessness}

The problems linked to homelessness, including substance abuse, mental illness, and crime, are increasing in America despite untold sums of government money spent to address this complex problem. Read More ›

Street signs for Rue D' Orleans and Rue Bourbon in New Orleans, Louisiana

^{Marvin Olasky
October 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Sunday Morning, New Orleans

_{Marvin Olasky
October 10, 2022
Homelessness}

What causes homelessness? Broken relationships, mental illness, and addiction are leading indicators, but some become ill from being on the streets. Societal errors have played a part alongside individual decisions. The expressways of New Orleans, like their counterparts in other cities, eliminated hundreds of homes and destroyed many small businesses. Read More ›

^{Spencer Pauley
October 5, 2022
Economics}

Reporter Denied Entry to Controversial Seattle Homeless Shelter

_{Spencer Pauley
October 5, 2022
Economics}

When one journalist attempted to join a media tour of a homeless shelter in South Downtown Seattle, he was barred from entry, which has raised concerns of government restriction of the press. Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
September 16, 2022
Homelessness}

Good Intentions, Horrible Results

_{Marvin Olasky
September 16, 2022
Homelessness}

Which came first, medical panaceas (that turned out not to be so) or money incentives? Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
September 6, 2022
Homelessness}

Spokane Shows the Failures of ‘Housing First’

_{Bruce Chapman
September 6, 2022
Homelessness}

The national policy of “Housing First” has been a disappointing failure at reducing homelessness overall. Housing should be only one part of a solution that includes treatment of mental illness and drug addiction. Read More ›

Desperate lonely man seated against the wall in the city street

^{Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics}

Homeless Encampments and Mental Illness

_{Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics}

Fifty-one years ago I bicycled from Boston to Oregon. I was a Marxist then and looking for evidence of the American empire falling apart, but during the whole ten weeks on the road I didn’t see the one tourist attraction that would have delighted my propagandistic self: homeless encampments. Now every city seems to have them. Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Economics}

A Look at Community First! Village in Austin Pt. 2

_{Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Economics}

I wrote last week about Community First! Village, located on relatively cheap land just east of Austin and getting national applause as the coolest homelessness project in what some call America’s coolest city. There’s plenty of hype in both characterizations, especially since many laudatory magazine articles focus on the tiny homes at CFV that draw admiring eyes, and not the dramas occurring within them. Read More ›