Homelessness
Homelessness is a symptom of systemic failure—not individual failure. Lack of affordable housing, underfunded mental health support, and income inequality all drive people into crisis. Addressing it requires compassion, not criminalization, and a commitment to housing as a human right.
Ask Why: More Truths
Ask Why “Cleaning Up” DC Means Removing People, Not Helping Them
City clean-up orders displace homeless residents instead of providing safe housing — treating visibility as the problem, not the suffering.
More Information: DC Encampments
Ask Why 770,000 Americans Slept on the Streets in 2024 — While Housing Costs Skyrocketed
The crisis grows every year, and leaders look away while families suffer on the streets.
More Information: HUD Point in Time Report & Homelessness Rate Increase
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Ask Why Trump Wants to Kill the HOME Program — It's to help Build 1.3 Million Affordable Homes in 30 Years
This program gave every day families a chance — now it’s on the chopping block.
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Ask Why Veterans Fight for Our Country — Then Sleep on Its Streets
We honor them in speeches, but deny them homes, health care, and dignity when they return.
More Information: Veteran Care & The State of Veteran Homelessness
Ask Why They Say Housing Is A Right — But Criminalize People Without Homes
Instead of providing shelter, cities pass laws that fine, arrest, or harass people for simply existing in public.
More Information: Criminalizing Homelessness
Ask Why the Government Targets the Homeless Instead of Treating Illness
Policies criminalize homelessness tied to untreated medical conditions instead of funding care, shelter, and basic needs that would actually address the crisis.
More Information: Homelessness Instablity
Ask Why They Blame The Unhoused For Poverty — But Let Billionaires Hoard Resources
Homelessness isn’t caused by laziness — it’s caused by a system that rewards greed over basic human needs.
More Information: Wealth Hoarding & Poverty
Ask Why They Say Charity Is Enough — But Refuse To Build Affordable Housing
Temporary shelters can’t solve what only homes can — but public housing keeps getting cut while luxury condos rise.
More Information: Slashing of HUD, Rental Assistance Cuts & Funding Freezing
Ask Why They Call It Personal Failure — But Make Housing Unaffordable On Purpose
Rent gouging, gentrification, and wage stagnation create homelessness — it’s not a moral failing, it’s policy.
More Information: Affordable Housing Crisis & Corporation Buy-Ups
Ask Why They Say We’re A Caring Nation — But Leave People On The Streets To Die
We have the resources to end homelessness — what’s missing is the will.
More Information: Homelessness in the US & Cost to End Homelessness