HB 2266: Call Your Legislator Today

More than 20,000 people are living on the streets in Washington state, most of them suffering from an untreated mental illness and/or drug addiction. HB 2266 is currently moving through the Washington State legislature to make it easier to develop subsidized housing and emergency shelters in the style of the failed Housing First policy. This bill would override local ordinances and zoning laws, put residents in real danger of increased crime and lawlessness, and leave the homeless housed but without the real help they need. “It is good to want to help them,” says Discovery Institute Project Coordinator and Research Fellow Marsha Michaelis. “Wanting to help people is good. Wanting to make sure that no one is free to disagree with your particular idea about how to help people — that’s bad, and that’s at the heart of this bill.”

Contact your legislator today and tell them what you think about HB 2266.