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Dr. Robert Marbut, a former federal homelessness official, said on Newsmax Saturday that President Donald Trump’s new executive order marks a turning point by reversing policies in Democrat-led cities that he believes have enabled drug use while neglecting treatment. Marbut, former executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, voiced strong support for President Donald Trump’s July 24 executive order targeting homelessness, addiction, and public disorder. Appearing on “The Count,” Marbut said the order is a needed correction to policies in many Democrat-controlled cities, which he claims have made it “easy to get high and hard to get treatment.” “What President Trump’s executive order does it start to make it easy to get treatment and hard to get high,” Read More ›

Mayor Takes Questions During Thursday’s press conference, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell implied the city would consider litigation against the Trump administration over its recent homelessness executive order. It also sounds like Harrell believes the current Housing First and “harm reduction” strategies are working. Problem is, the data suggests otherwise with record homelessness and drug overdoes deaths on his watch.

Discovery Institute President Steve Buri thanks President Donald Trump for his Executive Order ending the failed Housing First and harm reduction policies. He also highlights the important role Discovery Institute played with its Fix Homelessness project’s street-level reporting and our policy research. We have long advocated for the changes the White House is now pursuing. The homeless deserve the most compassionate and robust care we can provide, and this is an important step in that direction.

Dynamic Duo Portland, OR reacts to President Trump’s executive order on homelessness and drug addiction. Independent journalist Kevin Dahlgren says it will save lives and help addicts get into treatment. But he also believes the homeless industrial complex won’t go away overnight. BTW, this is the first time Kevin and I have teamed up in Portland. He knows every hot spot in the city. This place is next level insanity.

Housing First and Harm Reduction Cut Democratic State Rep. Nicole Macri is in a unique position. She’s an elected official in WA, but is also the #2 at the Downtown Emergency Service Center. DESC is the face of the homeless industrial complex and has benefitted handsomely housing people with taxpayer dollars. Her buildings are under heavy scrutiny after Trump signed an executive order last week that pretty much cuts off federal funding from non-profits that still subscribe to Housing First and “harm reduction.” I caught up with Macri earlier this year after my WH sources told me what was going to happen. It’s all come to fruition and more radical changes are on the way. Lives will be saved.

DESC “Bamboozles” Communities The latest Downtown Emergency Service Center building in Burien has turned into the epicenter for crime, chaos, and death. Over the weekend, two more people died of drug OD’s inside units. Then an alleged fentanyl dealer was arrested in front of this building preying on vulnerable residents. Since it’s opening last year, the Bloomside leads the city in 911 calls and is a constant drain on emergency resources. Now elected officials are warning other communities to ban DESC and other “low barrier” permanent supportive housing saying they’ve been “bamboozled.” This is exactly why President Trump signed an executive order last week pledging to defund Housing First and “harm reduction” in America’s cities. Here is a preview of Read More ›

In Denver, Colorado — a city that prides itself on inclusion, compassion and progressive ideals — a Christian coffee shop owner has become the target of hostility; it’s not for what he’s done wrong, but for what he’s done right. Jamie Sanchez launched The Drip Cafe as an employment-training program for those struggling with homelessness who want to rebuild their lives. More than just offering a job, the cafe provides mentorship, structure and consistent support to equip team members to reenter the workforce and to attain long-term employment and stability. But for dozens of far-left activists in Denver, ideological conformity overshadows the measurable good of helping the homeless of the streets. Protesters are regularly showing up at his cafe, accusing Read More ›

Dr. Robert Marbut appeared on NewsNation with host Chris Cuomo to discuss President Trump’s “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” Executive Order. Dr. Marbut explains how this Order will serve the street-level homeless community, how harm reduction and Housing First failed, and the importance of focusing on treatment and recovery. [Robert Marbut’s segment begins at 23:20.]

“Today marks the beginning of the end of Housing First as the federal government’s one-size-fits-all—and failed—approach to homelessness.” Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” marking a pivotal shift in federal homelessness policy. Following a decade of failure under our nation’s one-size-fits-all approach to homelessness—Housing First—the president’s move is a long-overdue course-correction rooted in hope, healing, and human dignity. To understand its gravity, we must first confront the promise—and profound failure—of the policy he will begin replacing. In 2013, President Barack Obama pledged to end homelessness within 10 years by embracing Housing First, a model that promised stability through life-long, subsidized housing, with no requirement to address underlying challenges like Read More ›

Happening Now Friday night, Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood is zombie land with fentanyl addicts knocked out in wheelchairs and unconscious on the sidewalk. The black market of stolen goods is thriving. Instead of breaking up this crime scene, two SPD officers simply drove by and never left their cruisers to enforce the law. Today’s Seattle Times op-ed on the failures of “harm reduction” was reposted by Council President Sara Nelson. But still no relief in sight for this predominantly Asian American neighborhood. At the end of the day, this is on Mayor Bruce Harrell. But he remains MIA. Nothing has changed on his watch. It’s actually worse than ever. This is exactly why President Trump had to sign his executive Read More ›