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Moves by President Trump to crack down on cities drowning in crime and public disorder are long overdue. For years, liberal jurisdictions have let chaos run wild, with banners calling for defunding the police waving high, antisemitism parading through public parks and drug use running rampant. As Uncle Sam works to reclaim the streets, another battle is taking place elsewhere. The same left-wing groups whose antics helped drive urban disorder have also infiltrated the sprawling network of nonprofits that are supposedly addressing the homelessness crisis. Newsflash: The groups are collecting billions of dollars to support politics over people and smart reform. According to new research — the result of collaboration between the Capital Research Center and the Discovery Institute — several Read More ›

For years, Americans have been told that “compassion” for the homeless meant writing ever-larger checks — more money, more programs and far less accountability. Now, at last, we have some answers for why homelessness has exploded even amid a tripling of public spending. A groundbreaking investigation, “Infiltrated” — backed by more than 50 pages of documentation from the Capital Research Center in cooperation with Discovery Institute — pulls back the curtain on a vast system of corruption. It reveals how billions in taxpayer funds intended to lift people out of homelessness have instead bankrolled radical activism and anti-American political agendas, betraying both the taxpayers who fund it and the homeless they were meant to help. Despite unprecedented resources, homelessness in Read More ›

United Gospel Mission of the Inland Northwest recently hosted Conversations on a Bench, during which CEO Phil Altmeyer spoke with people with diverse experiences of homelessness about the current state of homelessness in America. Discovery Institute was proud to participate in the event through the representation of Dr. Robert Marbut and Marsha Michaelis. Dr. Robert Marbut, Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness initiative, shared his experience working to bring people out of homelessness at the local and federal levels, the importance of data-driven research and solutions, why Housing First has failed, and much more. Watch his segment below: Marsha Michaelis, Project Coordinator and Research Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Fix Homelessness initiative, spoke about the compassionate response to homelessness, Read More ›

Earlier this month, and in cooperation with Discovery Institute, Capital Research Center published “Infiltrated: The Ideological Capture of Homeless Advocacy.” Since then, reporter and Senior Fellow Jonathan Choe presented the report directly to President Donald Trump, and now news outlets like Daily Mail and NewsNation are following up with their own reporting on the crisis. NewsNation NewsNation sent reporter Rich McHugh to Seattle, where he interviewed Jonathan Choe, We Heart Seattle founder Andrea Suarez, and Seattle Police Officers Guild president Mike Solan about the crossover between far-left radicals and industries purported to help the homeless. From the NewsNation report: A report from two conservative think tanks alleged that members of antifa, the decentralized antifascist movement, have embedded themselves within the Read More ›

The following is an article originally published at The Daily Signal by Tyler O’Neil about the Capital Research Center report, “Infiltrated: The Ideological Capture of Homelessness Advocacy,” which was published in cooperation with Discovery Institute. Americans spend billions of dollars to combat homelessness, through donations and taxpayer funding, but the “Homeless Industrial Complex” uses this money for political activism that actually demonizes the policies more likely to solve the crisis, according to a new report. “Fringe groups in the Homeless Industrial Complex like to characterize homelessness as a symptom of societal injustices, such as systemic racism, police violence, or capitalism,” Scott Walter, president of the Capital Research Center, which released the report, told The Daily Signal in a statement Tuesday. Read More ›

Homelessness in California — and across America — has reached a breaking point. The crisis has climbed to the highest level ever recorded, even as billions more are poured into housing subsidies and bureaucratic programs that promise compassion but deliver only despair. No one bears the consequences more cruelly than the homeless themselves. Their death rate has soared by 77% in the country’s largest urban areas, a devastating indictment of a system that prioritizes housing units over human healing. Communities, too, shoulder the burden — streets overrun, neighborhoods destabilized and taxpayers funding a model that fails everyone it claims to help. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order marks the first real course correction in over a decade. By directing federal Read More ›

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Capital Research Center (CRC) released a new report in cooperation with Discovery Institute exploring how extremist ideological movements are exploiting America’s homelessness crisis, which can include hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people on any given night. Using financial data, legal records, and original research, the report uncovers a vast network of homelessness advocates that spend billions in taxpayer dollars and philanthropic grants on everything but obvious solutions. The report demonstrates that counterproductive policies have been used for years which do not solve the homelessness problem, but rather exacerbate common root causes of homelessness, including mental health challenges and substance abuse. The key findings of the report expose the groups that have co-opted the homelessness issue Read More ›

In a catastrophic miscalculation that exposes his continued attachment to failure, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 255 on Oct. 1. It was a bipartisan measure designed to expand access to recovery housing for homeless individuals struggling with substance use disorders. His veto comes at a time when California’s homeless can least afford more failure. AB 255, authored by Assembly member Matt Haney, would have allowed up to 10% of state homelessness funds to support abstinence-based recovery housing. These programs integrate shelter with sobriety requirements, accountability and supportive services that help people reclaim stability. Newsom dismissed the bill as “unnecessary,” insisting that current guidelines already permit sober housing and warning against “duplicative” categories. His reasoning rings hollow. California mimicked Read More ›

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jonathan Choe was recently invited to the White House, along with several other independent journalists, to discuss Antifa. He used the opportunity to present the new Capital Research Center report, “Infiltrated,” that was produced in cooperation with Discovery Institute.

***UPDATE 10/9/2025*** Capital Research Center’s report, “Infiltrated: The Ideological Capture of Homelessness Advocacy,” is out now! You see a man in a shop doorway shooting up. A block away a man outside a tent bends over in the “dope fiend lean” that supposedly intensifies a “hit.” A woman is in the middle of the street nearby, swaying to and fro and shouting in distress at unseen ghosts. But there is also a rally forming two blocks north, in front of the courthouse, where black-clad, masked youth might again set a dumpster or two on fire to mark their righteous protest against one thing or another. What is going on? Seattle is not a war zone, it is true, nor is Read More ›