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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 ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
July 28, 2022
Economics}

Like a Dystopia, Only California

_{Debra J. Saunders
July 28, 2022
Economics}

The squalor that haunts the underpasses and back alleys of California should move the state’s progressives to embrace even more law enforcement. Or they can let the state get even more dangerous. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
July 21, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

Bellevue’s Homeless Community Reeling After Attack On One of Their Own

_{Jonathan Choe
July 21, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

^{Jonathan Choe
July 18, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

On Edge After Homeless Homicide

_{Jonathan Choe
July 18, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

After several audible gun shots, the surveillance footage shows a car speeding down. Authorities say a homeless man was shot to death at this problematic encampment. People on the street tell me, it was "Geno." Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
June 27, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

The Hidden Crisis in the Woods

_{Jonathan Choe
June 27, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

For months now, Jonathan Choe has been tracking and looking into multiple homeless encampments across Seattle and King County. Another segment of the homeless community are creating a crisis in the woods, preferring to stay hidden in these lush havens. Read More ›