Nov 16, 2025

In this reaction video, I break down HUD Secretary Scott Turner’s latest video — and the dishonesty driving a dangerous policy shift that will make homelessness worse across the country. This isn’t an announcement. It’s political messaging designed to justify cutting what works and replacing it with ideology, exclusion, and punishment. And the consequences will be devastating. Homelessness didn’t suddenly rise under Biden. It was already increasing during Trump’s first term because our housing affordability crisis keeps getting worse. For every $100 increase in median rent, homelessness increases by 9 percent. More than 19,000 people fall into homelessness every single week. That is the real crisis. Turner also knows HUD’s own research shows Housing First dramatically reduces homelessness — up to an 88 percent reduction in homelessness and 41 percent better housing stability compared to treatment-first programs. Housing First isn’t a single program. It’s an evidence-based philosophy that says: house people first, then provide services. It hasn’t failed. We failed to scale it. Instead of building on what works, this policy shift cuts permanent supportive housing and makes it harder for organizations that serve LGBTQ homeless youth to get funding. That’s cruelty, not Christianity. It also pushes communities toward criminalization, which is the most expensive and least effective response we have. This is a crisis. 170,000 formerly homeless people who are currently in housing will be thrown back out to the streets. Organizations that help vulnerable people will no longer get funding, leaving hurting people outside to die. As the affordable housing crisis creates more homelessness, this policy shift by HUD will have a catastrophic negative effect, significantly increasing homeless numbers across the country. Here’s more: Homeless Veteran Gets an Apartment: HOUSING FIRST WORKS    • Homeless Veteran Gets an Apartment: HOUSIN…   Speaking to the Faith Community About Housing First: Rescue Missions of the Future https://invisiblepeople.tv/speaking-t… Can We End Homelessness? Hennepin County Shows How    • Can We End Homelessness? Hennepin County S…   Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live.    • Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live.   Prison, Homelessness, or Housing? The Choice That Changes Everything    • Prison, Homelessness, or Housing? The Choi…   Housing First Didn’t Fail. We Did.    • Housing First Didn’t Fail. We Did.   Internment Camps for Homeless People — Disguised as ‘Help’    • Internment Camps for Homeless People — Dis…   ================================== Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/invisiblepe… Invisible People’s website: http://invisiblepeople.tv