Proposed cuts to housing-first programs would be ‘going back like 30 years,’ advocates warn

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Feb. 17, 2026, 6 a.m.
Last Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 6 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/proposed-cuts-homelessness-funding-housing-first/

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By the time Shawn Dunning returned to the U.S. after living abroad for two decades, he was nearly bankrupt. All his family members were dead, and his health was rapidly declining, leaving him unable to work. Dunning, 54, spent nights on the street, in shelters, in hospitals, on friends’ couches and...