The Housing First Approach: A Documentary
As the Trump administration prepares to take office, a fight is brewing over the future of homelessness in America.
For about a decade now, the federal government has pushed a strategy called Housing First.
It's designed to get people off the streets and into permanent homes... even when they have serious problems with mental illness or substance use. Seattle was one of the earliest adopters of this approach, back in the nineties.
But, over the past few years, a growing chorus of critics — mostly on the political right — has questioned Housing First.
They want to go back to a time…
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