Innovation Needed to Combat Homelessness

INNOVATION NEEDED TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS

By: David Almasi

Saying he won’t allow big-city governments to “destroy themselves” by losing control of growing homeless populations, President Donald Trump is seeking innovative ways to tackle the homelessness crisis. He recently sent top advisers to Los Angeles in search of solutions, but they were met with replies of “show us the money” from local politicians.

This is indicative of what Project 21 consultant Ted Hayes calls the “homeless-industrial complex.”

In an interview with One America News, Ted said the homeless problem is a “national humanitarian crisis” and “national security threat.” While politicians throw money at the problem by simply building the same sorts of shelters and warehousing people, Ted said that people living on the streets have not been properly diagnosed about their various reasons for being there. He explained:

You just can’t put up a shelter for these kind of people and expect them to do well. You’ve got to infiltrate them… put non-homeless, trained people in among them that encourage them to be strong enough to stand on their own.

Despite pushback from local politicians against the Trump Administration’s intentions to become more involved in the crisis, Ted said the issue is “not political.” While many in Los Angeles communities such as Venice Beach – where Ted has been a long-time fixture – are otherwise opposed to Trump, Ted said they “want the President to do something.”

••••

Watch this revealing discussion …

••••

To schedule an interview with a member of Project 21, contact Judy Kent at (703) 759-0269.

BLACK LEADERSHIP NETWORK

Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for over 25 years, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research. Its members have been quoted, interviewed or published over 40,000 times since the program was created in 1992. Contributions to the National Center are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated, and may be earmarked exclusively for the use of Project 21.

Founded in 1982, the National Center for Public Policy Research is a non-partisan, free-market, independent conservative think-tank. Ninety-four percent of its support comes from some 60,000 individuals, less than four percent from foundations and less than two percent from corporations. Sign up for email updates here.

Follow Project 21 on Twitter at @Project21News for general announcements. To be alerted to upcoming media appearances by Project 21 members, follow our media Twitter at @NCPPRMedia.

••••

Read more articles by Project 21

••••

The above article (Innovation Needed to Combat Homelessness) was originally created and published by Project 21 and is republished here on TLB with permission and attribution to author  and nationalcenter.org/project21. Image of homeless man inserted by TLB staff.

 

••••

••••

Stay tuned to …

••••

The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)

••••

Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.

••••

Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.

••••

Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*