Homelessness

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Housing First solves the immediate problem of not having a home.
- Pro 2: Housing First is worth the cost and saves more taxpayer dollars than other so-called solutions.
- Pro 3: Housing First reduces the additional consequences of homelessness including disease and crime.
Cons
- Con 1: Housing First fails to address the root causes of homelessness.
- Con 2: Housing First does not reduce homelessness and may increase unhoused populations.
- Con 3: Housing First has failed―fueling, not alleviating, drug and mental health problems that spur homelessness.
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Discussion Questions
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Criminalizing homelessness

Homelessness: Media

Are “Housing First” Policies the Best Solution to Homelessness?

Videos

Criminalizing homelessness

Criminalizing homelessness

How vagrancy laws have criminalized homelessness.

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Homelessness

Homelessness

A “tent city” in San Francisco, California, during the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020.

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