USA sees spike in homelessness in 2024

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Huh? said:
Fleeing from domestic abuse is a third category.

Vouchers only work as an emergent solution for overall housing unaffordability. It is more economically efficient to add to housing supply through zoning changes and development incentives rather than vouchers.

Another issue is that the Section 8 program, which tried to incorporate many of these ideas at inception, is now more of a landlord subsidy than it is a housing program. You can make an argument that it should be blown up and refunded entirely at the state and local level.
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Good points
Now I know some small time Section 8 landlords-and they all are a good deal for everyone involved
 
NCK9 said:

Trump signs an executive order to make it easier to remove homeless people from streets​

Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Trump has signed an executive orderthat seeks to overhaul the way the U.S. manages homelessness.

The order signed Thursday calls for changes to make it easier for states and cities to remove outdoor encampments and get people into mental health or addiction treatment. That includes involuntary civil commitment for those "who are a risk to themselves or others."

"Endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe," the order states.
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Disgusting. Homelessness is on the rise and Republicans are making it harder for these people to find shelter, food, and pretty much anything else needed for survival. And now cities and states are being given permission to basically just move them out of sight so "good people" don't even have to see them and their suffering anymore. Problem solved! And these are the same people who continue to call themselves Christians.
 
mpaer said:
Group 2 needs MH/SA help .And vouchers. There lots of "halway house" models etc that should be funded. There is likely a whole new approach to substance abuse that needs to be implemented
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You can’t force people into MH/SUD (Substance Use Disorder) treatment against their will. The biggest problem with MH/SUD is that the disease itself fights against treatment in many cases.

While we need to have systems to address MH/SUD & those systems need to be improved/strengthened, programs to address homelessness need to be strengthened separately from those programs.
 
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