For nearly two decades, everyone in Washington believed in Housing First. Housing First holds that homelessness is a housing problem that can be solved—note the word “solved”—by giving the housing to ...

Rachelle Ellison spent 17 years sleeping on the streets of Washington, DC, cycling in and out of jails and hospitals. She finally moved into an apartment in 2008, thanks to a rental voucher with ...

This refrain is repeated ad nauseum in homelessness circles. The pronouncement has begun to resemble a religious creed—a ritualistic profession of devotion to prevailing homelessness policy, and true ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In July, Trump issued an executive order that not only makes it easier for cities and ...

Indianapolis leaders estimate that Streets to Home Indy, a three-year effort to end chronic and street homelessness, could cost about $50 million. As President Trump aims to undercut funding for ...

The administration has pledged to end support for Housing First, the approach behind the V.A.’s greatest housing success story. By Ellen Barry Midway through Donald J. Trump’s first administration, ...

Daniel Kudla receives funding from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and internal research funds from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. He is a member of the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving those living outside into large camps while mandating mental health and ...

More than 650,000 Americans experienced homelessness on any given night last year ‒ a 12% increase since 2022. Chronic homelessness is also worsening, with over 143,000 people homeless for at least a ...

Residents who use Salisbury’s Housing First program received a letter this month, saying the homelessness initiative would be shutting down in two years. The letters highlight a divide between current ...

A new approach to solving homelessness in Greeley helped a 40-year-old sign a lease for the first time in his life. After living on the streets for nearly 20 years, the first step in improving his ...