Hello Housing Not Handcuffs supporters,
As soon as the federal government reopens, we expect the Trump Administration to implement draconian changes to homeless services funding that will force 170,000 people who are now stably housed back into homelessness. Thanks to federal funding for housing and services, hundreds of thousands of people from across the country have moved from homelessness into housing. This housing provides them with the stability and support they need to take care of their health, find work, and live with dignity. Donald Trump's plans will force 170,000 people – largely seniors and people with disabilities – back onto the streets.
These regressive changes to how federal homelessness support is distributed across the country will destroy the bipartisan and common-sense consensus that homelessness is solved with housing and support. Included in this move are attempts to force cities and states to enact Trump's bigoted dream of making it a crime to be homeless and to discriminate against trans people and immigrants. Let us be clear: Donald Trump's approach to homelessness does nothing to address the sky-high cost of rent, which remains the main cause of homelessness. Instead, his reckless actions are cruel, backwards, and will force even more people to sleep outside.
There is another way. We need real leaders to focus on proven solutions to homelessness: housing and support. Together, we can ensure that everybody—regardless of what they look like, where they are from, or what they do—has a safe place to call home.
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