Washington's Policy Shift on Homelessness: A Necessary Correction with a Dangerous Oversight

In a bold move to address the nation's homelessness crisis, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced a $4.04 billion overhaul of the Continuum of Care program. This marks a decisive end to the 'housing first, questions never' approach, redirecting funds toward treatment, transitional housing, and recovery. While this policy shift is largely commendable, a critical error threatens to undermine its life-saving potential: the blanket ban on fentanyl test strips.

The Core of the Policy: A Return to Accountability

For two decades, taxpayers poured billions into a strategy that assumed simply providing housing would solve a crisis driven by addiction. H