San Antonio’s Response to Homelessness Is Broken. It’s Time to Put Housing First
Shelters are not meeting people’s needs, and the city is clearing encampments, says City Councilmember Roberto Treviño.
Shelters are not meeting people’s needs, and the city is clearing encampments, says City Councilmember Roberto Treviño.
The Trump administration mishandled COVID-19, creating conditions that left transgender people even more vulnerable to housing instability than before. Now it’s pushing for a rule change that would allow homeless shelters to discriminate against trans people.
As a ‘heat dome’ descends on much of the country and local governments scramble to provide safe refuges, concern grows over the effect of a disease that has ‘totally demolished the homeless people.’
Many city residents who’ve served time for sexual crimes have families who want them back, but a 19-year-old law keeps them away.
Taking emergency measures to protect homeless people from the pandemic is simply common sense.