26. "The Hard Questions of Homelessness" on the Informed Citizen Live!

In this special episode, the Informed Citizen leaves the studio and takes the stage!Host Dr. Philip Lindholm invited eight brave leaders to answer the hardest questions of homelessness before a live studio audience. No scripts. No hiding. All the stakeholders in the same room at the same time, from prosecutor to police chief, senator to shelter operators, treatment to lived experience. We finally had the conversation that nobody else was having in a way that nobody else was having it. What unfolds is a raw, unfiltered conversation that exposes the complexity behind the homelessness crisis — where compassion collides with public safety, civil liberties clash with enforcement, and simple solutions fall apart under scrutiny.If you think you understand homelessness, this conversation will challenge you.Episode Highlights• Why are some shelters not as safe as the streets?• Should treatment for substance abuse and mental illness be mandatory?• The real-world impact of policy decisions like drug decriminalization• Why more funding alone will not solve homelessness• The role of personal responsibility versus systemic failure• How gaps in identification, employment, and reentry systems keep people stuck• The challenge of balancing civil liberties with public safety• What leaders agree on and where they sharply disagreeListen & SubscribeSpotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-informed-citizenApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-citizen/id1738680188Connect with UsWebsite: https://theinformedcitizen.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drphiliplindholm/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drphiliplindholmCreditsProduced by Philip LindholmThis podcast is for informational purposes only and not professional advice.