CRIME/HOMELESSNESS/NATIONAL GUARD: “In his first speech back in Washington since losing a second term as President, Donald Trump… said the government should ‘remove’ thousands of homeless Americans and put them in tents on ‘large parcels of inexpensive land in the outer reaches of the cities’ with ‘permanent bathrooms’ and ‘medical professionals.’ He said the U.S. […]
Category: Homelessness
6/9/2020
BEN CARSON/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HOMELESSNESS: “I am allocating $2.96 BILLION in Emergency Solutions Grants to support homeless Americans and those at risk of becoming homeless because of job or wage loss, or illness due to COVID-19. We are taking care of our Nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Thanks @SecretaryCarson!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2020 7:43 am […]
1/6/2020
CALIFORNIA/DEMS/HOMELESSNESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The homeless situation in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and many other Democrat Party run cities throughout the Nation is a state and local problem, not a federal problem….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 6, 2020 6:50 pm […]
12/28/2019
CALIFORNIA/HOMELESSNESS/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: California and New York must do something about their TREMENDOUS Homeless problems. They are setting records! If their…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 28, 2019 7:03 pm […]
12/4/2019
HOMELESSNESS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration has tapped Robert Marbut, a consultant who has urged cities to stop feeding the homeless, to lead the agency that coordinates the government’s response to the crisis, drawing a rebuke from a top housing advocate. The administration last month pushed out Matthew Doherty, an Obama appointee, as executive […]
6/25/2019
ECONOMY/HOMELESSNESS/HOUSING/JOBS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows… For many Americans, access to affordable housing is becoming far too difficult. Rising housing costs are forcing families to dedicate larger shares of their monthly incomes […]