Homelessness
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‘Housing First’ puts lofty goals above real-world results
Proponents of housing first claim that housing is a basic human right, and a permanent and stable home is the best platform from which to help people overcome the challenges that led to their homelessness, including the problems of mental illness and addiction. As a result of this premise, ...
California
OC Rescue Mission: How a Private Charity is Turning Around Lives More Effectively Than Government
Watch video tour of the Orange County Rescue Mission and interview with president Jim Palmer to learn how the private charity is turning lives around more effectively than traditional government homeless programs.
California
Paul Cho – LifeArk’s Innovative Concept to House the Homeless
Our guest this week is Paul Cho, CFO of LifeArk, an organization that has designed rotationally molded houses for the homeless.
CEQA
Chris Carr Highlighted For His New Study “The CEQA Gauntlet” and Quoted in Bloomberg
Chris Carr’s new study “The CEQA Gauntlet” was featured and quoted in the Bloomberg piece “Berkeley Housing Battle Revives Debate Over Environmental Law”. Carr discusses the problems CEQA poses today with Bloomberg. “You can be sure the authors of CEQA didn’t think about the Boschian hellscape we have today,” said ...
Homelessness
The Talk of Connecticut Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Homelessness
Wayne Winegarden joins Gary Byron on the Talk of Connecticut WDRC to talk about PRI’s new book, No Way Home, about California’s homeless epidemic. Winegarden and Byron talk about housing affordability and unaffordability on the east and west coast, increases and decreases in homelessness in major cities, and how to ...
California
KSCO Interviews Wayne Winegarden on New Homeless Book “No Way Home”
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden and recent co-author of the new book about homelessness, No Way Home, joins KSCO in Santa Cruz, California, to talk about the focus of the book, challenges, and potential solutions of cities and policymakers. Click here to listen. Wayne’s segment begins at the 31:40 minute mark.
California
Wayne Winegarden Talks CA Homelessness, No Way Home Book on Hidden Truth Show
Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, co-author of the new PRI book No Way Home (Encounter Books) discuss California’s homeless crisis with host Jim Breslo on the “Hidden Truth Show”
California
PRI 2nd Annual Policy Conference: The Homeless Crisis
California’s growing homeless crisis is impacting nearly everyone, especially those living in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. In Governor Newsom’s recent State of the State address, he reportedly spent 35 of his 42 minute speech on the homeless crisis. On the same day, PRI held an ...
California
NEW STUDY: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis
A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief includes more than a ...
‘Housing First’ puts lofty goals above real-world results
Proponents of housing first claim that housing is a basic human right, and a permanent and stable home is the best platform from which to help people overcome the challenges that led to their homelessness, including the problems of mental illness and addiction. As a result of this premise, ...
OC Rescue Mission: How a Private Charity is Turning Around Lives More Effectively Than Government
Watch video tour of the Orange County Rescue Mission and interview with president Jim Palmer to learn how the private charity is turning lives around more effectively than traditional government homeless programs.
Paul Cho – LifeArk’s Innovative Concept to House the Homeless
Our guest this week is Paul Cho, CFO of LifeArk, an organization that has designed rotationally molded houses for the homeless.
Chris Carr Highlighted For His New Study “The CEQA Gauntlet” and Quoted in Bloomberg
Chris Carr’s new study “The CEQA Gauntlet” was featured and quoted in the Bloomberg piece “Berkeley Housing Battle Revives Debate Over Environmental Law”. Carr discusses the problems CEQA poses today with Bloomberg. “You can be sure the authors of CEQA didn’t think about the Boschian hellscape we have today,” said ...
The Talk of Connecticut Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Homelessness
Wayne Winegarden joins Gary Byron on the Talk of Connecticut WDRC to talk about PRI’s new book, No Way Home, about California’s homeless epidemic. Winegarden and Byron talk about housing affordability and unaffordability on the east and west coast, increases and decreases in homelessness in major cities, and how to ...
KSCO Interviews Wayne Winegarden on New Homeless Book “No Way Home”
PRI’s Wayne Winegarden and recent co-author of the new book about homelessness, No Way Home, joins KSCO in Santa Cruz, California, to talk about the focus of the book, challenges, and potential solutions of cities and policymakers. Click here to listen. Wayne’s segment begins at the 31:40 minute mark.
Wayne Winegarden Talks CA Homelessness, No Way Home Book on Hidden Truth Show
Watch PRI’s Wayne Winegarden, co-author of the new PRI book No Way Home (Encounter Books) discuss California’s homeless crisis with host Jim Breslo on the “Hidden Truth Show”
PRI 2nd Annual Policy Conference: The Homeless Crisis
California’s growing homeless crisis is impacting nearly everyone, especially those living in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. In Governor Newsom’s recent State of the State address, he reportedly spent 35 of his 42 minute speech on the homeless crisis. On the same day, PRI held an ...
NEW STUDY: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis
A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief includes more than a ...
