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]]>https://advancehuntsville.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/adv-podcast.pngAdvance Huntsvillehttps://advancehuntsville.com/blog/en-usfalseAdvance HuntsvilleRob Clarkrob@robclark.ioCopyright 2024 Advance Huntsvillehttps://advancehuntsville.com/blog/Happy Hour Guest Speaker: Michael Tanner191Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:00:58 -0600falseThis month, Huntsville New Liberals proudly host special guest speaker Mike Tanner, a senior fellow at The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP), to discuss policies to address homelessness. There are two distinct groups of homeless individuals: those with substance abuse or mental health issues and those who cannot afford housing. The former group is more visible and often generates quality of life issues for the city. The latter group makes up the majority of the homeless population and includes employed individuals struggling to find affordable housing. Common solutions like permanent supportive housing or locking people up are not effective in addressing these complex issues. Lump-sum approaches do not work, and individual circumstances need to be considered when developing solutions.

Audience Questions:

Question 1: What’s the relative breakdown between the two groups of homeless?

Question 2: Is there any way we can start thinking about basic living income?

Question 3: Do you think part of the issue is animosity toward homelessness though the belief that it is by choice or a moral failing?

]]>1601Happy Hour Guest Speaker: Dennis Madsen169Sun, 27 Aug 2023 19:46:01 -0500falseHuntsville New Liberals presents guest speaker Dennis Madsen, originally recorded on August 24, 2023 at our monthly Happy Hour.

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