Trump Guts ‘Unnecessary’ Agencies Serving Homeless, Libraries, and Museums

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One of the agencies targeted is the Agency for Global Media (AGM), the parent of Voice of America (VOA), a publicly funded international broadcaster founded in 1942.

Among the other agencies Trump gutted were the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funds American libraries and museums, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, which works to address the homelessness crisis.


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Trump Guts ‘Unnecessary’ Agencies Serving Homeless, Libraries, and Museums

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order seeking to eliminate agencies that serve the homeless, fund libraries and museums, and report the news. The order is the latest move in Trump and Elon Musk’s attempt to drastically reshape the federal government by eliminating agencies...
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Walt said:
WIth Housing First, if we only tried, we have a good likelihood of wiping out homelessness. It is sad that trump is not trying.
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Who told you that, Salty Walty?

To assess Salty Walty's claim that "With Housing First, if we only tried, we'd have a good likelihood of wiping out homelessness," let’s break it down and look at what Housing First is and how effective it’s been.

Housing First is an approach to tackling homelessness that prioritizes getting people into permanent housing without preconditions like sobriety or employment. The idea is that once someone has a stable place to live, they’re better equipped to address other issues like addiction or mental health. It’s been around since the 1990s, pioneered by folks like Sam Tsemberis in New York, and has since spread to places like the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe.

But “wiping out homelessness” entirely? That’s trickier.

Housing First isn’t a silver bullet. It works best for the chronically homeless—about 10-20% of the total homeless population in most places—who eat up a disproportionate share of resources.

The broader homeless population, including those temporarily down on their luck due to job loss or eviction, is harder to address with just one strategy. Economic factors like housing costs, wage stagnation, and shortages of affordable units play a massive role.

In the U.S., the National Low Income Housing Coalition says there’s a shortage of 7 million affordable rental homes for the lowest earners as of 2024.

No amount of “trying” with Housing First fixes that without tackling supply and policy.

Then there’s implementation. In California, where billions have been spent, homelessness rose 53% from 2013 to 2023, per HUD data.

Why? Housing First there often gets bogged down by bureaucracy, NIMBYism, and sky-high real estate prices. “If we only tried” assumes effort alone overcomes those barriers—it doesn’t.




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ULTRA MAGA said:
Fuck the able bodies non working parasitic homeless.

Libraries and museums too.
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For old geezers, just overmedicate them and put a plastic bag over their heads. Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy.
 
JPP lefties don't appear eager to provide library and museum access or offer free room and board to the homeless at their own expense, do they?
 
Walt said:
WIth Housing First, if we only tried, we have a good likelihood of wiping out homelessness. It is sad that trump is not trying.
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This isn't a federal issue. Housing standards are not a federal issue.

The problem with housing is one of regulation coupled with the cost of labor. Labor costs are in good part something forced by regulation too.

Getting rid of unnecessary regulation and government bureaucracy would go a long way to fixing the housing problem.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
This isn't a federal issue. Housing standards are not a federal issue.

The problem with housing is one of regulation coupled with the cost of labor. Labor costs are in good part something forced by regulation too.

Getting rid of unnecessary regulation and government bureaucracy would go a long way to fixing the housing problem.
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Yup. Gotta cut taxes for the rich. Fuck the poor. Praise the Orange Jesus!
 
T. A. Gardner said:
This isn't a federal issue. Housing standards are not a federal issue.

The problem with housing is one of regulation coupled with the cost of labor. Labor costs are in good part something forced by regulation too.

Getting rid of unnecessary regulation and government bureaucracy would go a long way to fixing the housing problem.
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Salty Walty is retarded, I fear.
 
Here's an example of what I mean:

Developers who want to build apartments near public transit stations are in luck as the Biden administration opens up billions in loans​

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Developers who want to build apartments near public transit stations are in luck as the Biden administration opens up billions in loans

Apartment construction is slowing as rates soar and a bunch of new housing hits the market. The administration is offering subsidized loans to help.
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Democrats Have a Big Strategy to Address One of the Country’s Worst Problems. Will It Work?

There's been a subtle, crucial shift that reflects the growing sense that Washington must intervene to create more housing.
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So, builders under Obama and Biden opted to build rental property, apartments, duplex and triplex homes, and small single family rental homes in lieu of building homes with the intent to sell and make people owners. For the Left this is a good strategy as it keeps people from having easy access to social upward mobility and dependent on government. For people it sucks as they end up in a never ending paying ever increasing rent situation.

Developers and investment capitalists with globs of dough get richer, the poor get fucked and the middle class shrinks.
 
Walt said:
A surprising number of the homeless are veterans who served the federal government... But I suppose we should just throw them out, or something?
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Who told you that, Salty Walty?

It’s tricky to pin down an exact number for how many homeless individuals are veterans who specifically "served the federal government," because the data on homelessness among veterans doesn’t typically break it down that way—it focuses on military service rather than specific employment by the federal government post-service. However, I can give you a solid rundown based on what’s available as of March 16, 2025.


The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) track veteran homelessness through the annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count. The most recent data, from January 2024, shows 32,882 veterans were homeless on a single night—a drop from 35,574 in 2023. This figure represents veterans who served in the U.S. military, not necessarily those who worked directly for the federal government after their service.

Military service makes them eligible for VA benefits, but "serving the federal government" could imply broader roles (e.g., federal civilian jobs), which isn’t specified in the data.


To estimate, let’s consider the broader homeless population. In 2023, HUD reported 653,100 total homeless individuals. If we use the 2024 veteran number (32,882), veterans make up about 5% of that 2023 total. Historically, veterans have been overrepresented among the homeless—around 11% of homeless adults in earlier years—though this has declined due to targeted efforts like the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program.


Now, if you mean veterans who later worked federal jobs, there’s no direct stat for that. About 30% of federal employees are veterans (per the Office of Personnel Management), but no data links this to homelessness rates. Most homeless veterans face issues like PTSD, substance use, or economic hardship, not necessarily tied to federal employment.

So, of the roughly 653,000 homeless in 2023, at least 32,882 (from 2024 data) are veterans with military service—around 5%. Without specific federal employment records for these individuals, that’s the closest we can get. The number could be slightly higher or lower depending on how you define "served the federal government," but this is the best current snapshot.



@Grok
 
T. A. Gardner said:
This isn't a federal issue. Housing standards are not a federal issue.

The problem with housing is one of regulation coupled with the cost of labor. Labor costs are in good part something forced by regulation too.

Getting rid of unnecessary regulation and government bureaucracy would go a long way to fixing the housing problem.
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@SecretaryTurner & @SecretaryBurgum: Federal Land Can Be Home Sweet Home




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Walt said:
A surprising number of the homeless are veterans who served the federal government... But I suppose we should just throw them out, or something?
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Actually, if you bother to look at the studies that say that, in virtually every case the researchers used self-reporting for that basis. That is, the homeless person was asked if they were a veteran and their answer taken at face value. Many homeless--a majority in my opinion--will lie to your face if they think it will benefit them.

Given that just 6% of Americans today are veterans, and virtually all of those graduated at least high school, would have been on entering service in good health, and then while in the service learned some degree of skills, it argues against a high percentage of homeless being veterans.
 
Diogenes said:
@SecretaryTurner & @SecretaryBurgum: Federal Land Can Be Home Sweet Home

https://twitter.com/x/status/1901439052189941882
View: https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1901439052189941882
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Land isn't usually the issue, regulations are. The amount of nonsense in building code is almost astounding. For me to change the service panel ( the "breaker panel") on your house here in the Phoenix metro area if you are in APS's service area will take me about 2 days of work and about 90 to 120 days of bureaucratic bullshit and waiting on government and big corporation incompetence to do.

Or California...

Try getting a building permit for rebuilding after those wildfires. Hell, try just accessing your lot. But the government there has plenty of time, money, and manpower to teardown a treehouse they don't like and won't approve.

 
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