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Housing Doesn’t Solve Homelessness

Housing Doesn’t Solve Homelessness

Thursday, February 26, 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom regularly repeats his mantra: “Shelter solves sleep; housing solves homelessness.” Hmm. From 2022 to 2025, I wrote weekly columns about homelessness and gained insight by living for three weeks in shelters. Based on that I can say: In general, it is not true that housing solves homelessness.  Maybe it solves homelessness Read more... The post Housing Doesn’t Solve Homelessness appeared first on Christianity Today.