Guest commentary: Housing, not handcuffs — What it takes to solve homelessness


by Reading Eagle

Reading Eagle— We want to have our cake and eat it, too. We don’t want to see homelessness, but we also don’t want to create the kind of community where homelessness can be solved.

KSNT News—‘We can’t solve homelessness’: Topeka leaders continue homeless cleanup efforts. TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka leaders say crews are continuing their efforts to combat the homeless issue in the Capital City. At the mayor's monthly press conference, Topeka City leaders discussed the ongoing work to clean up homeless camps near the Kansas River. In February, city crews cleaned up 177 tons of trash and debris from []

@Marketplace—Why it’s gotten more expensive to house people experiencing homelessness. Higher interest rates and insurance costs make building low-income and supportive housing more costly — especially in California, home to 28% of the U.S. homeless population.

The Federalist—SCOTUS Deliberates Over Homeless Camps And A Fictional ‘Right To Housing’. There is nothing in the text or history of the cruel and unusual punishments clause that remotely grants anyone a right to public housing.