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How America Is Grappling With Homelessness


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The Biden Administration announced plans to reduce homelessness in the U.S. by 25 percent by 2025.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a state of emergency on homelessness as her first act in office. She also announced a program launching next week that will move people off the street and into hotels and motels.

Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams began allowing officials to involuntarily hospitalize people they deemed to be in a psychiatric crisis.

We discuss the best way to address unhoused populations, and dig into the administration's plan.

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