Addressing Homelessness
Putting People First
The Housing First approach discourages behavior change and no longer funds the treatment the homeless need to address their underlying struggles. What’s more, it ensures that nearly everyone who enters the homelessness system stays in it, as they are provided subsidized housing for life, without any expectation of healing and work, ever. With the proper intervention and incentives, treatment coupled with accountability serves to emancipate the homeless and puts them on a path toward realizing their full potential.
People First: One Size Does Not Fit All
Homelessness is a rapidly growing challenge throughout the United States. Recent, pre-COVID data from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) documents a 16% increase in homelessness nationwide—including a 22% increase in unsheltered homelessness—under Housing First; a one-size-fits-all policy.
“People First” exposes the need to overhaul this disastrous policy on behalf of the homeless and on behalf of Texan communities.
Centered on effectiveness, compassion and accountability, TPPF'S "People First" plan includes policy reforms that support the homeless in addressing the underlying causes in order that they, and the communities in which they live, can realize their full potential.