When the Safety Net Breaks: Why States Must Step Up In Americas Housing Crisis
Families like mine should never be left waiting while agencies lose paperwork or debate cycles. Housing assistance should do what its name promises, assist. The solution isn't eliminating federal support, it's shifting real authority to states so they can respond with urgency and real accountability. A functioning system would mean faster emergency help, clear communication, real partnerships with local housing advocates, dollars going directly to the family, not paperwork queues. When I was young, my mother and I learned the truth that families discover only when they have nowhere left to go: the housing "safety net" we're told to rely on collapses the moment you actually need it. After being pushed out of fam...