Housing-first, a model rooted in the belief that people need a stable place to live before addressing other problems, has been central to federal government housing policy for more than a decade.
That approach is disappearing under President Donald Trump’s second administration. The upheaval, providers and advocates said, threatens the most vulnerable people in the nation.
Housing organizations across the United States that depend on federal funds are now reluctantly making changes to comply with new government policies that favor a treatment-first approach and short-term transitional housing, changes they fear will push people with extreme health risks back on the street or keep others there…