President Donald Trump at a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Getty Images

It looks like Team Trump will soon officially ditch the failed “Housing First” answer to homelessness that has burned tens of billions of dollars only to see the problem grow worse all across the nation.

Housing First pretends that the only reason people are homeless is that they lack a home, so the simple answer is to get keys in the hands of each homeless person ASAP.

In reality, it’s rarely about a cruel housing market and bad luck: Most homeless have far deeper problems , notably mental illness, drug addiction or both.

Putting seriously dysfunctional people into houses or apartments isn’t just putting the cart before the horse: It’s putting

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