No one wants people sleeping on our streets. For years, experts have agreed the best way to prevent that is to create more housing everyday people can afford, and to provide housing — coupled with supportive services for addiction, mental health, and other help — to those living on the streets.
That’s the one approach proven to work. Until recently, the state of Utah was a leader in it.
But now Utah has announced a new approach, with the Trump administration’s backing, that could erase this progress. And the Trump administration is proposing dramatic changes to housing funds that could force states like California to follow suit — or lose the funds altogether…