This week's Inland Journal episode is all about Housing First. Housing First is an approach to getting people off the streets by prioritizing getting them housed before anything else.

SPR hosted Jonathan Mallahan, Phil Altmeyer, and Simon Moorby to discuss the possible merits and shortcomings of the approach.

Mallahan is the executive director of Catholic Housing Ventures, the housing affiliate for Catholic Charities. Altmeyer is the CEO of Union Gospel Mission, which, among other things, provides high barrier homeless shelters. Moorby is the bar manager at Hogwash Whiskey Den. He has personal experience with both homelessness and addiction.

There's a lot going on in this conversation, but it's helpful to keep two big questions in mind.

First, both Mallahan and Altmeyer come at their w

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