Housing First
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Hilton: California's 2016 Housing First law bans sobriety requirements for homeless shelters
“They passed a law in 2016, the only state in America to do it implementing in legislation this approach called Housing First. Which says that you've got to, the number one thing is, and it sounds like a sensible thing, of course, give homeless people housing, …”
Glock: Housing First's 80% retention rate is a miserable policy failure
“A lot of the housing first groups tout that, hey, you know, 80% of people stay in these units over two years, and to my mind, that seems like a disaster. If I give someone a free apartment and 20% leave for the streets after two years, I have failed miserably.”
Glock: 70% to 80% of Americans oppose unconditional free housing without sobriety mandates
“When you tell average Americans about this, we do the polls, do you think, ah, you know, basically free homes should be given out with no sobriety or mental health treatments to people on the street? Overwhelming. 70, 80% of people say, of course not. Again, a…”
Glock: National Academy of Sciences found Housing First fails to improve health
“You know, as I often cite, the National Academy of Science said, there's no evidence that these housing first units improve the health of the homeless.”