Canada just announced $29 billion to end homelessness over 10 years.
But here is the truth no one wants to say:
You do not need billions to end homelessness. You need to stop creating it.
The people making these decisions have never been homeless. They think the cause is laziness or drug addiction. They think the solution is to build housing and provide treatment. It will not work. It will make contractors rich. And in 10 years, the homeless will still be on our streets—just like they promised to end poverty by 2015.
But I am not here to criticize. I am here to offer something different.
With the Essentials Economy platform, we do not need a special fund set aside for homelessness. It has an integrated, permanent system that prevents homelessness in the first place.
But that system takes time to build. And right now, people are suffering. They need help today.
That is why the $29 billion matters. Not to build free houses. But to give people the power to choose their own recovery.
Next Post: How we would use that money to lift 70,000 people off the street—and into hope.