News Summary

• Housing First is a policy that moves chronically homeless people into permanent housing without requiring them to be sober or in treatment beforehand.
• Housing First programs then offer services for drug abuse, mental illness, education and employment.
• Since the George W. Bush administration, giving people a home with social services has been the government’s main policy to combat homelessness.
• Trump wants to cut funding, claiming the model is ineffective, contributing to “crime and disorder” and the record number of people sleeping on the streets.