Leftists wail as New Hampshire city addresses homelessness problem just days after landmark SCOTUS ruling
New Hampshire’s largest city is already Cleaning the streets This comes just days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a pivotal decision that could have a major impact on the country’s worsening homelessness problem. While much of the attention on homelessness has been focused on California and other West Coast states, Manchester, New Hampshire, […]
Supreme Court Takes the First Step Toward Serious Solutions for Homelessness
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Supreme Court today took the first step toward a rational approach to the problem of homelessness by overturning a Ninth Circuit ruling that prohibited cities from enforcing their laws against camping in public parks and on sidewalks. That decision, called Johnson v. Grants Pass, declared that it violates the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel […]
Feds Have Showered Blue State With Tax Dollars to Fix Homelessness. It Keeps Getting Worse.
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes A plethora of federal agencies have spent well over $200 million attempting to alleviate homelessness in Washington state over the past 17 years, only for the number of people living on the streets to keep rising. Federal agencies like the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and […]
Los Angeles mayor celebrates $250 million homeless program as homelessness shrinks for first time in six years
As the Supreme Court makes it easier to restrict homeless encampments, Los Angeles celebrated the first decline in its homeless population in years. Data released Friday show homelessness dropped on two levels in the past six years. Overall, homelessness decreased by 2.2%. That number accounts for people who have found emergency lodging or are sheltering […]
Veteran homelessness ‘an embarrassment’ to our nation: Mission Roll Call CEO
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that 40,056 veterans are homeless on any given night. Despite making up only 6.2% of the U.S. population, veterans make up about 13% of homeless people. The nonprofit Mission Roll Call aims to address issues affecting veterans across the US, including homelessness, post-traumatic stress disorder, and […]
Homelessness skyrockets in sanctuary city as migrants surge into shelter
New data shows Chicago has seen a surge in the number of homeless people in the city over the past year, blamed on a continued influx of migrants into the haven city. The city, which will host the Democratic National Convention in August, released a snapshot of the Windy City’s homeless population. 18,836 homeless on […]
Investigation Reveals 2 Arizona Cities Spent Millions on Homelessness With Little Result
Arizona’s two largest cities allocated tens of millions of dollars to fight homelessness in the past several years, but little has changed, according to a Goldwater Institute investigative report released Thursday. “We’ve seen Phoenix and Tucson spend, combined, almost half a billion dollars on this issue with very minimal improvements in the area of homelessness,” Austin VanDerHeyden, municipal affairs […]
Homelessness Surging In Blue City Despite Doling Out Hundreds Of Millions
The number of homeless people in San Francisco has skyrocketed compared to two years ago, even though San Francisco has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to address the problem, according to city data. As measured overnight in January 2024, the total number of homeless people in San Francisco increased by 7% compared to the […]
Mayor Bass’ plan to have rich people fund homelessness program might just work: LA business leaders
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ strategy to hire wealthy residents to help fund housing for the homeless has drawn support from local business leaders who say it may be the only solution to effectively address the growing crisis. ing. In his State of the Union address on Monday, the Democratic mayor highlighted the city’s struggle […]
California Lost Track of $24 Billion Spent to Combat Homelessness
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) administration failed to track $24 billion in taxpayer funds spent over the past five years to curb the state’s homelessness crisis, an audit has found. California Department of Audit reportReleased on April 9th, It detailed multiple “gaps” in accountability regarding how funds were allocated during the 2018-2023 financial year. Chief […]