homelessness

^{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Homelessness}

Generous Donation Gone to Waste on Bad Homelessness Policy

_{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Homelessness}

Seattle civic and business leaders have announced a $10 million collaborative effort to tackle the downtown chronic homelessness problem. “It’s the beginning of some good news,” Mayor Bruce Harrell declared when they announced the financial donation. Read More ›

^{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Bassett
March 18, 2022
Homelessness}

Most Cities’ Responses To Homelessness Actually Enable Even More Homelessness

_{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Bassett
March 18, 2022
Homelessness}

If policymakers want to be serious about truly alleviating the suffering of those experiencing homelessness and keeping their streets safe, they need to spend their money wisely on treatment-and-recovery approaches. Read More ›

Man's hand holds wooden flat house against the sun

^{Discovery Institute
March 15, 2022
Homelessness}

Former Federal Homelessness Czar Joins Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty as a Senior Fellow

_{Discovery Institute
March 15, 2022
Homelessness}

Robert Marbut, a renowned expert on homelessness, has been named to Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty as a senior fellow. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

Former Homelessness Czar Sees Hope for the Future

_{Caitlin Bassett
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

I sat down with Dr. Robert Marbut, Jr., a renowned national consultant and the homelessness czar under former President Trump, to discuss why he is optimistic about the future of addressing homelessness with robust solutions. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Homelessness}

Biden Administration’s ‘Free Crack Pipe’ Scheme Hurts the Homeless and Harms Society

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Homelessness}

President Joe Biden should change his name to “President Woke.” In the newest example of his administration’s hard-left governing philosophy, they planned to offer nonprofit organizations federal grants to give drug paraphernalia to addicts, an idea that goes under the name of “harm reduction.” Read More ›

Drug abuse with people sharing the same syringe

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Crack Pipes and Free Needles

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Every well-intended public policy taken to an extreme leads to misery and dysfunction. A case in point is the Washington Free Beacon story on $30 million grant for “safe smoking” kits. According to the story, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said the kits would include pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine.” Read More ›

Dense traffic at night intersection with blurred lights passing through motorbikes and vehicles.

^{Debra J. Saunders
January 30, 2022
Homelessness}

Chaos and Crime Are Not Homeless

_{Debra J. Saunders
January 30, 2022
Homelessness}

The pendulum has to swing back because the progressives’ paradise is paradise no more. Read More ›

Santa tied the shoe rope to the homeless, help the homeless, homeless christmas

^{Caitlin Bassett
December 17, 2021
Homelessness}

This Holiday Season, Remember the Homeless

_{Caitlin Bassett
December 17, 2021
Homelessness}

A common experience among the homeless is a feeling of invisibility. No one looks at them or acknowledges their presence. Often, it's because we don't know how to help. Here are two simple ways you can help the homeless person you are passing on the street this holiday season. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
December 16, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

It’s Not About How Much You Spend, It’s About HOW You Spend It

_{Caitlin Bassett
December 16, 2021
Homelessness, Housing}

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee just announced plans to spend an additional $800 million on homelessness in 2022, on top of the $2 billion approved by the State Legislature earlier this year to help alleviate homelessness. Money is needed to fix homelessness, but it must be money spent wisely. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
December 14, 2021
Homelessness}

Watch: Robert Marbut Talks About Homelessness with Dr. Drew

_{Caitlin Bassett
December 14, 2021
Homelessness}

Robert Marbut, the former Executive Director of the USICH, sat down with Dr. Drew to talk about homelessness (especially as it is experienced in California) and how the Trump administration was planning to tackle it. With the inauguration of President Joe Biden this year, the federal policy has returned to Housing First but the interview remains relevant. Read More ›