The Trump administration goes for huge homelessness policy shift: According to confidential grant-making plans first reported by The New York Times, the Trump administration will pivot away from the "housing first" approach to homelessness alleviation, shifting "billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help the police dismantle encampments, and require the homeless to accept treatment for mental health or addiction."

Naturally, "critics say it could quickly place as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people at risk of returning to the streets." The policy shift would affect how roughly $3.5 billion in federal funds are doled out.

"Housing First programs provide subsidized apartments without preconditions to the homeless," details the Times, "offering, but not requiring, tre

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