L/theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/feb/12/sam-tsemberis-homelessness

‘Deeply illogical’: this man’s life work could end homelessness – and Trump is doing all he can to stop it 2026/02/12 13:00

• URL: https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/feb/12/sam-tsemberis-homelessness
• Posted: 2026/02/12 08:00 EST (date: 2026/02/12)
• Topics: Trump-Vance administration Donald Trump homelessness war on humanity censorship
• Summary: The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership «asked Tsemberis to send in his slides before the event. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) – a federal agency funding the event – wanted to see them. [...] When Tsemberis got them back, there were red lines throughout. Among other things, a federal official had deleted sections referencing the idea that racially discriminatory government policy is one cause of homelessness, as well as the terms “harm reduction” and “trauma-informed”, and mentions of Tsemberis being the founder of Housing First. What’s more, the term “Housing First” was deleted throughout.» ... «Instead, the federal government is pushing a longstanding approach sometimes called “Treatment First”, because it is based on the notion that homeless people have to resolve addictions, mental illness and other issues before obtaining housing. [..] That approach historically has seen vastly inferior results»...

• source: The Guardian
• author: Timothy Pratt (profile)

Commentary

This is, sadly, not at all illogical, given the goals of Trump and the Epstein class: maximize uncertainty and suffering for everyone except the in-group of mutually-corrupted oligarchs. Take things away by force and extort further resources to get them back.