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Plymouth Housing Rep Admits Most Residents Will Not Seek Employment, Will Die There

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Profit Machine

Plymouth Housing is one of the most notorious players in WA’s homeless industrial complex. It is a massive profit machine with huge backing from influential business leaders and politicians.

It is constantly touted by many Democrats as the ideal model to address the street crisis and help people regain self sufficiency.

But listen to this executive admit there is ZERO incentive to help formerly homeless people find jobs and careers.

That’s because if clients make too much money, they wouldn’t qualify for taxpayer subsidized housing.

In other words, everyone is a dollar sign to Plymouth, and the goal is to keep them warehoused as long as possible.

The longer people stay, the more money Plymouth can bank. Extremely vulnerable people are trapped in a cycle of crime, chaos, and death forever.

No wonder it’s called “permanent supportive housing.”

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.