[FoxNews] What began as a movement rooted in compassion has metastasized into what can only be described as a Homelessness Industrial Complex – a sprawling web of nonprofits, bureaucrats and activists feeding off the very crisis they claim to solve.
The origins trace back to 2013, when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) enshrined Housing First as federal doctrine. Promising to "end homelessness in a decade," HUD stripped away requirements for treatment and accountability, effectively institutionalizing a policy.
The result? Spending soared. Grants proliferated. Outcomes collapsed.
The Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson case further exposed the rot. Over 700 nonprofits – collectively taking in $2.9 billion in government grants – filed briefs defending public encampments and opposing enforcement of anti-camping laws as "cruel and unusual punishment."
Private foundations joined the crusade.
Major philanthropic giants – Ford, Robert Wood Johnson and Gates Foundations – poured billions into Housing First and "equity" initiatives to promote ideology under the guise of helping the homeless. |