Tag: housing
Illinois HOPE Act Would “Codify Harm Reduction” and Housing-First
Illinois is considering a wide-ranging harm reduction bill that advocates believe may have traction ...
HHS Unveils “STREETS” Initiative, Ramping Up Coerced Drug Treatment
At a sumptuous resort just outside Washington, DC, on February 2 for “Prevention Day,” ...
Oklahoma Bill Proposes Reimbursing Homeowners for Nearby Homelessness
Oklahoma Senator Julie Daniels (R) has proposed legislation that would allow certain residents in ...
Twenty States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts to Housing-First Grants
A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Department of Housing and Urban ...
Harm Reduction Outreach Needs to Get Comfortable With Booty-Bumping
A few years back I had an outreach-based job doing hepatitis C testing and ...
SF Mayor Scraps Plan to Add 1,500 Shelter Beds, a Key Campaign Promise
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) has reneged on a key campaign promise to ...
Texas Lawmakers Target Unhoused People and Service Providers
Several bills advancing through the Texas legislature will, if enacted, escalate the state’s war ...
Nearly Half BC’s New “Substance-Use Treatment Beds” Provide No Treatment
British Columbia recently unveiled 26 publicly funded “substance-use treatment beds” in four communities across ...
LA Voters Weigh Quarter-Penny Tax Increase for Homelessness Crisis
Los Angeles County voters will soon decide whether to approve a sales tax increase ...
“Gifted”: When HIV Was a Death Sentence, and Worth It to Get Housing
In the early 1990s, there was a joke people would make about HIV transmission. ...
