A new report on homelessness by HUD completely ignores drug addiction in order to push progressive housing policies.
If the Department of Housing and Urban Development were serious about addressing homelessness, it might consider at least acknowledging some leading contributors to the crisis: addiction and untreated mental health issues. Yet, itstiptoes around these realities, avoiding the words “drugs” and “addiction” altogether. It’s a staggering oversight that renders the report a nearly useless masterclass in bureaucratic denial.
But in the limited information presented, HUD under the Biden administration indicates little interest in being truly forthcoming about the homelessness crisis. This can likely be explained by the simple fact that Democrat-backed policies have made homelessnessHUD blames homelessness primarily on the country’s “worsening national affordable housing crisis, rising inflation, stagnating wages among middle- and lower-income households, and the persisting effects of systemic racism.
It is true that these drug-addicted and/or mentally ill homeless people struggle with housing affordability. An honest assessment, however, would note that they can’t afford a home because they’re addicted to drugs and/or mentally ill, rather than being an addict and/or mentally ill because they can’t afford a home.
Housing First prioritizes getting people into permanent subsidized housing while neglecting the critical need for addiction treatment or mental health care. Under this strategy, a drug addict is given a free home without a mandate that he or she get drug addiction treatment. Predictably, the results are disastrous. Individuals brought in from the streets die from a drug overdose, destroy provided housing or return to encampments because the root causes of their homelessness remain unaddressed.
By pretending homelessness is a purely economic problem solvable with progressive housing policies, the agency ignores decades of evidence — and the grim reality faced by cities like Seattle. The addiction crisis is not just a contributing factor to homelessness; it is a defining one. Listen to The Jason Rantz Show on weekday afternoons from 3-7 p.m. on KTTH 770 AM . Subscribe to theRantz: Snarky poem recounts the most memorable stories of 2024
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