{"id":33885,"date":"2019-09-17T21:29:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=33885"},"modified":"2019-09-27T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T15:51:40","slug":"innovation-needed-to-combat-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2019\/09\/17\/innovation-needed-to-combat-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Needed to Combat Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saying he won\u2019t allow big-city governments to \u201cdestroy themselves\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>by losing control of growing homeless populations, President Donald Trump is seeking innovative ways to tackle the homelessness crisis. He recently sent<\/a> <\/strong>top advisors to Los Angeles in search of solutions, but they were met with replies of \u201cshow us the money\u201d from local politicians.<\/p>\n

This is indicative of what Project 21<\/a> <\/strong>consultant Ted Hayes<\/a> <\/strong>calls the \u201chomeless-industrial complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with One America News, Ted said the homeless problem is a \u201cnational humanitarian crisis\u201d and \u201cnational security threat.\u201d While politicians throw money at the problem by simply building the same sorts of shelters and warehousing people, Ted said that people living on the streets have not been properly diagnosed about their various reasons for being there. He explained:<\/p>\n

You just can\u2019t put up a shelter for these kind of people and expect them to do well. You\u2019ve got to infiltrate them\u2026 put non-homeless, trained people in among them that encourage them to be strong enough to stand on their own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite pushback<\/a><\/strong> from local politicians\u00a0against the Trump Administration\u2019s intentions to become more involved in the crisis, Ted said the issue is \u201cnot political.\u201d While many in Los Angeles communities such as Venice Beach \u2013 where Ted has been a long-time fixture \u2013 are otherwise opposed to Trump, Ted said they \u201cwant the President to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n