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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Isabeau Doucet

‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness

a person leans against a wall outside by a group of tents
Unhoused people and tents are seen on a sidewalk on 24 July 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

When Shawn Pleasants first heard that the federal government was tearing up almost two decades of homelessness policy, it sent chills up his spine.

Pleasants, 58, was brought right back to the moment he lost his car and was forced to start living on Los Angeles’s streets. “That feeling of, you could never be safe – there’s no more future,” he said.

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