The Solution for Homelessness? Homes.

Neal Peirce says that there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in the debate over homelessness, and a consensus that stopgaps don't work. The real answer is to, duh, give them homes.

Nov 06, 2009
Posted by Tim Halbur

Peirce writes, "It's a myth, says [Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun] Donovan, that anyone wants to be homeless. Providing people with all manner of fragmented services--overnight shelter, substance abuse, social and mental health and emergency medical services--easily runs up massive public costs. But the sum total of all the programs is appallingly ineffective because it doesn't give the homeless a place to live."

Full Story: Homelessness in America: Finally, Glimmers of Light
Source: Citiwire.net, Nov 06, 2009