How to solve homelessness? Give people homes

Sometimes the most complicated problems require the simplest solutions. If we want to help the nearly 600,000 Americans who will go to sleep homeless tonight, all we need to do is give them homes, right?

Honestly...yes. Homelessness is a massive, unfathomably tragic problem, but it’s one we designed ourselves (more on that in the episode). And if we designed the problem, we can design the solution (definitely more on that in the episode).

Today on Thinking Is Cool, I’m taking 40 minutes to begin better understanding the nuanced labyrinth of homelessness in America—how we got here, what we’re doing, and when this can become a problem of the past. I hope you’ll join me.

Because chances are, there’s a lot we’re all getting wrong about homelessness. Now’s the time to make it right.

Listen to today’s episode to start—together.

Some very important thank yous:

1. To Adina Lichtman, founder of Knock Knock Give a Sock, for being the kind of person who’s quick to answer any call, both literal and metaphorical.
2. To J.R., a neighbor and hopefully someday a friend, for being so forthcoming with his story of homelessness in New York City.
3. To Fundrise, which is Thinking Is Cool’s Season 2 presenting sponsor.

And to you! For listening! And hopefully for sharing! You’re the best.

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