Washington, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the bipartisan Preventing Youth Homelessness Demonstration Act. This legislation would authorize $105 million for HHS’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) aimed at tackling youth homelessness by investing in prevention strategies and community-based solutions. The funding would be used to […]
“Homelessness is a policy failure,” said one ACLU leader. “Weaponizing federal funding to fuel cruel and ineffective approaches to homelessness won’t solve this crisis.” Advocates for mental health and unhoused people blasted U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday over his executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” Trump’s order directs U.S. Attorney General Pam […]
The principle cause of today’s crisis of homelessness and housing affordability has one, single, primary cause: billionaires treating housing as an investment commodity. America’s morbidly rich billionaires are at it again, this time screwing the average family’s ability to have decent, affordable housing in their never-ending quest for more, more, more. Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, […]
(Anchorage) – The Governor of Alaska Mike Dunleavy, last week launched the People First Initiative to address several public safety issues facing Alaska. There will be five major intersecting topics, including: Domestic violence and sexual assault Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons Human/sex trafficking Foster care Homelessness These issues are a grouping of standalone initiatives – […]