Trump Says 'Housing First' Failed the Homeless. Here's What the Evidence Says.

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Source: New York Times

Dec. 25, 2025 Updated 6:09 p.m. ET


When the Trump administration announced plans last month to redistribute billions of dollars in homelessness aid, the move capped a conservative attack on the once-bipartisan philosophy that has guided federal work for a generation, an approach called Housing First.

The administration called the policy a permissive approach that had let homelessness rise, while supporters said Housing First was backed by proven science.

Housing First provides chronically homeless people long-term subsidized housing and offers, but does not require, treatment for mental illness or addiction. It contrasts with programs that condition help on sobriety or work, which Trump officials want to encourage though there is less direct research to suggest their efficacy.

Few aid policies have been studied as extensively as Housing First, and supporters’ faith that it is “evidence based” lends the debate special intensity. Extensive research shows that Housing First places large shares of its clients in housing. It also appears to have played a major role in cutting homelessness among veterans, which has fallen by more than half.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/trump-housing-first.html

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[Stargazer99]

1. Republicans don't want some thing that works because they would lose control

[Shipwack]

2. They are poor, so they must be punished. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Well, if it actually helped, then it has to go. TSF's motto.

[lonely bird]

4. So...

Conditioned on sobriety and work.

Hell, those two things should be easy to achieve without a place to live.

Fucking idiot Republicans.

[mwmisses4289]

5. Oh, look! Another program to raid so the money can go to those poor wealthy schmucks!

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. Be a wage slave or die!

The rethug mantra!

[cachukis]

7. Worth a second read through and a good perusal of comments.

It is a pretty accurate review of part of what makes us as a country.
The dichotomy of do gooders versus the it is up to you perspectives.
None of us are able to make it alone. Our social standards are on display in this article.
We all agree that throwing money at a problem is rarely the best course of action. But we are dealing with a part of the economy is moneyless. Yes, drugs cost money, but when your horizons are bleak, your purpose is narrow.
Our early childhood development system for the poor is barely functional. Economic malaise surrounds those with soft ground to build on.
Parents living day to day in emergency can't escape without a hand. Their children lack the guidance necessary in the early years when the brain just sucks in information. By the time they are seven, their development now turns to evaluation. What are they evaluating? How to handle emergencies.
When these children become post pubescent, the clay from which they have been molded is ready for the kiln.
It has been said by some in the sociology community that you have learned 50% of what you will learn by 4. 70 to 80% by 8.
You don't break habits, you can only replace them.
We are a reflection of our peer group.
Do gooders versus they are on their own.

[wolfie001]

9. The extra funds will be directed to tRUMP donors.....

....private equity REITS and hedge funds. The stupid, trashy, poor rePUKE voters will keep voting for the people trying to kill them though. Coming to a mobile home park near you.