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Criminals in Homeless Housing: It’s Time for a Better Approach

Marsha Michaelis
September 22, 2026
Community Impact, Crime, Law, and Order, Drug Epidemic, Homelessness, Housing
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Categories
Community Impact
Crime, Law, and Order
Drug Epidemic
Homelessness
Housing

James Alexander’s death highlights a problem: Many of Washington’s homeless housing providers invite criminals to mingle with the vulnerable in their low-barrier facilities. It’s time to change that.

Marsha Michaelis

Project Coordinator and Research Fellow, Fix Homelessness Initiative
Marsha Michaelis is a project coordinator and research fellow for Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty and the Fix Homelessness Initiative. She interned with Discovery in the late 90’s while studying at Seattle Pacific University, then spent more than a decade directing communications and education reform at a Washington State-based think tank. She left the office to raise and educate her four children, spending another decade directing various homeschool programs and teaching classes from kindergarten through high school. Marsha has written as a columnist and freelancer for numerous state and national publications, most recently and currently for her county’s monthly newspaper. She and her family live in northeast Washington state.