Trump admin aims to shift homelessness grants toward addiction treatment, enforcement
The Trump administration is proposing a shift in federal homelessness grants to prioritize localities that implement "treatment-first" policies, such as sober living programs and increased law enforcement cooperation. This move reverses a decade-long federal strategy known as "Housing First," which focused on providing permanent housing before addressing issues like addiction. The new plan instead emphasizes temporary and transitional housing coupled with mandatory treatment requirements.
In its latest effort to overhaul federal homelessness funding, the Trump administration is proposing to provide more money to localities that prioritize treatment-first policies such as sober living, more cooperation with law enforcement and more temporary and transitional housing. It’s a reversal from a decade-long federal approach known as Housing First that sought to permanently […]
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