Why it’s gotten more expensive to house people experiencing homelessness
by @Marketplace
@Marketplace— 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—Is California’s Narrow Homelessness Vote The Beginning Of The End Of ‘Housing First’?. Proposition One garnered a nail-bitingly close victory, but the slim margin signals the tide is turning against a failed housing policy.
Los Angeles Times—Letters to the Editor: Get used to more DIY houses in L.A. built by homeless people. To the editor: Your article on the DIY house built by homeless immigrants in Highland Park vividly brought to mind the various favelas I saw in Rio de Janeiro many years ago. Many of them were intricately constructed of several different materials, some with a great deal of skill and artistry. And I could not help wondering at the time how there was such a disparity in that city between the extremely wealthy and so many poor people living in these shacks. I keep wondering the same thing now. If...
@Marketplace—SCOTUS weighs policy on policing homeless people amid a national housing shortage. The court will decide if enforcing a public camping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, is considered cruel and unusual punishment.