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"A Resilient, Long-Term Approach to Addressing Homelessness"

What would an incremental, fiscally responsible, and local approach to solving homelessness look like?

"A Strong Towns Response to Homelessness"

In order to reverse the tide of homelessness, we will need to return to more modest housing options of the past. Here are four examples of what that looks like.

"You Can’t Arrest a Housing Shortage: Why Anti-Homelessness Laws Don’t Work"

Criminalizing homelessness is often an attempt to make public spaces safe and comfortable. It fails miserably, at the cost of persecuting some of the most vulnerable members of the population. If cities want a real, sustainable solution to a homelessness crisis, they need to address the underlying cause: North America’s broken housing system.

"Doing the Math on Housing the Homeless"

Many municipalities in America could raise enough tax revenue to adequately house and feed their chronically homeless populations. Using a “housing first” strategy to help homeless people get back on their feet is more effective than the piecemeal strategies most municipalities use now.