{"id":1940675,"date":"2023-05-30T09:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-fix-homelessness-stop-fixating-on-housing\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:01:07","slug":"to-fix-homelessness-stop-fixating-on-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-fix-homelessness-stop-fixating-on-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"End Homelessness by Focusing Beyond Housing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fto-fix-homelessness-stop-fixating-on-housing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why Homelessness is Not Just a Housing Issue<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Homelessness affects cities across the country, but it\u2019s not just a local issue, though media cover it that way. Nor is homelessness mainly about housing; rather, it\u2019s largely about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-fatal-attacks-on-homeless-in-d-c-nyc-named-we-got-our-man\/\" title=\"Suspect in Fatal Attacks on Homeless in D.C., NYC Named: \u2018We Got Our Man\u2019\">untreated mental illness<\/a> and drug addiction. Consistently misdiagnosed, homelessness is being wrongly addressed. And the policies that give rise to homelessness largely come from Washington, D.C., not localities. A bill called \u201cHousing PLUS\u201d has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., with 22 sponsors, to start to rectify these policies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Homelessness is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">national crisis<\/a> that is often misunderstood. While the media tends to cover it as a local issue, the reality is that it is largely caused by untreated mental illness and drug addiction. Unfortunately, these underlying issues are consistently misdiagnosed, and as a result, homelessness is being wrongly addressed. The policies that give rise to homelessness largely come from Washington, D.C., not localities. However, there is hope. A bill called \u201cHousing PLUS\u201d has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., with 22 sponsors, to start to rectify these policies.<\/p>\n<h3>The National Mental Illness Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-fix-homelessness-stop-fixating-on-housing\/\" title=\"End Homelessness by Focusing Beyond Housing.\">national mental illness crisis<\/a> has been building since the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill began in the 1960s. Drug addictions have also increased, and most surveys show that the \u201chomeless\u201d are often both mentally ill and addicted. Cases like the recent death of subway disrupter Jordan Neely in New York City underscore the frightening dangers of untreated psychotic behavior. Yet the Biden administration, Congress, and many regional officials have persisted in treating homelessness as almost entirely a housing issue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Untreated mental illness and drug addiction are the main causes of homelessness<\/li>\n<li>The policies that give rise to homelessness largely come from Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n<li>A bill called \u201cHousing PLUS\u201d has been introduced in Congress to rectify these policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Federal Efforts Failing<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the severity of the issue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">federal efforts<\/a> to address homelessness have largely failed. The big bucks for homeless programs come from the budgets of the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, and from the National Institute of Mental Health. However, there is relatively little interest in these programs, let alone congressional scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>HUD emphasizes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-steel-town-seeks-afghan-workers-to-replace-americans\/\" title=\"Former Steel Town Seeks Afghan Workers to Replace Americans\">housing vouchers<\/a> as a cure-all, ignoring other strategies. Success is measured by how many housing vouchers are distributed, not by how many homeless people progress to greater independence. The \u201chousing first\u201d policy began under President Barack Obama, when it was predicted the policy could end homelessness by 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homelessness is a nationwide problem, often portrayed as a local issue by the media. It&#8217;s not just about housing, but untreated mental illness and drug addiction. 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