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.
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.
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 ›
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.
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 ›