‘Housing First’ became housing only
Across the country, Americans see encampments growing, addiction and severe mental illness playing out in public, and vulnerable Americans trapped in cycles of instability and despair. Americans are compassionate and they want to solve this problem. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, we have been entrusted to find and fund the most effective solutions.
- ▪Across the country, Americans see encampments growing, addiction and severe mental illness playing out in public, and vulnerable Americans trapped in cycles of instability and despair.
- ▪Americans are compassionate and they want to solve this problem.
- ▪At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, we have been entrusted to find and fund the most effective solutions.
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Opinion>Opinions - Finance The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill ‘Housing First’ became housing only Comments: by Scott Turner, opinion contributor - 05/29/26 11:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Scott Turner, opinion contributor - 05/29/26 11:00 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Americans know something is broken across our communities, and particularly in our major cities. Across the country, Americans see encampments growing, addiction and severe mental illness playing out in public, and vulnerable Americans trapped in cycles of instability and despair. Americans are compassionate and they want to solve this problem. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, we have been entrusted to find and fund the most effective solutions.
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