California Gov. Gavin Newsom, buoyed by a recent US Supreme Court decision, issued an executive order Thursday calling on state officials to begin taking down homeless encampments.
I believe homelessness is very often a LACK OF A HOUSE PROBLEM! We can argue about statistics and prevention all we want but lumping addiction with homelessness just distracts from the problem and vilifies. Homeless people need a home… if they also have an addiction, they are an addict and need treatment, that treatment isn’t going to be effective without a home.
I believe homelessness is very often a LACK OF A HOUSE PROBLEM! We can argue about statistics and prevention all we want but lumping addiction with homelessness just distracts from the problem and vilifies. Homeless people need a home… if they also have an addiction, they are an addict and need treatment, that treatment isn’t going to be effective without a home.