Homelessness

Discovery Institute President Steven J. Buri appeared on The Carrie Abbott Show to discuss President Trump’s recent Executive Order on homelessness, titled, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” Buri explains why Housing First and harm reduction policies fail to help the homeless, how deinstitutionalization led to our present homelessness crisis, and how President Trump’s Executive Order rights the ship. Read Discovery Institute’s full statement on the Executive Order HERE.

Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands After years of failure and neglect under Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and certain city councilmembers, an insurgent group of Lake City neighbors are now turning to We Heart Seattle for help. They’re taking matters into their own hands and forming a community coalition to address homeless drug encampments and crime before it’s too late. The recent murders at Virgil Flaim Park pushed them over the edge and they’re now preparing to publicly shame politicians into action.

It’s Not About Housing Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is turning into another human dumping ground. Seven Hills Park is covered with more than a dozen tents. Lots of couples in their 20’s with dogs running wild. We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez is doing outreach this weekend but says this is the “service resistant” crowd. People are turning down services from the city and nothing is being done about it. Don’t believe the homeless industrial complex when they say all these people just need housing. One guy here has a tiny house but comes back to pitch a tent to hang out with his homies. Another fella can go home but has to address his drug addiction. Once again, the root Read More ›

Human Dumping Ground Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood has been a human dumping ground for homeless drug addicts and is now the epicenter for the black market of stolen goods. But Saturday afternoon, we saw the potential of this Asian American community when it’s actually cleaned up. Of course this was in preparation for Mayor Bruce Harrell’s visit to the street festival. I asked Harrell how he plans to keep this neighborhood safe and clean. Right after my interview with the Mayor, some unhinged drug addicts attacked me for recording. Just another routine day in the hood.

Out of Control The homeless drug crisis is spiraling out of control in Seattle. More than a dozen tents have re-populated along Airport Way in SODO. These are the “service resistant” class of people who keep moving around the city. Mayor Bruce Harrell has no solutions.

We Heart Lake City Frustrated neighbors in Seattle’s District 5 are teaming up with Andrea Suarez to form We Heart Lake City. They’re tired of waiting on the city to address homelessness and open air drug use in this crime infested neighborhood. Councilmember Debora Juarez was invited to Thursday’s press conference at Virgil Flaim Park but she was a no-show. How come?

Seattle and many other major cities across the country have long embraced two failed strategies to address homelessness: “housing first” and “harm reduction.” Thankfully, a new executive order issued by President Donald Trump last month seeks to scrap both of these policies and finally end the disorder that has plagued America’s streets. The executive order has independent journalist and Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jonathan Choe singing the president’s praises. “The record homelessness, the record drug overdose deaths on the streets—the current plan is just not working, and that’s why the Trump administration had to move in,” Choe told The Jason Rantz Report on Seattle Red 770 AM. Charting a New Course Discovery Institute has long advocated for an end to Read More ›

Michele Steeb appeared on NTD News with host Don Ma to discuss President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., including the removal of homeless encampments. Steeb explains why it’s critical to address homelessness in D.C., the relationship between homelessness and crime, and why relocating the homeless outside of D.C. might be beneficial. She also discusses what effective treatment looks like for those homeless suffering from addiction and/or mental illness.

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.