# Truth on the Streets Three decades working in social services writing on homelessness, addiction and the Homeless Industrial Complex. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Lie Behind “Housing Ends Homelessness](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/the-lie-behind-housing-ends-homelessness) _2026-08-13 · Kevin Dahlgren_ A system built around housing first often ignores the people who repeatedly choose the streets ## [The Homeless Industrial Complex Counts Money, Not Results](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/the-homeless-industrial-complex-counts) _2026-07-28 · Kevin Dahlgren_ The system rewards activity, protects funding, and avoids accountability for whether homeless people actually get better. ## [Portland’s Sweep Machine](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/portlands-sweep-machine) _2026-07-14 · Kevin Dahlgren_ Taxpayers are funding a cycle of cleanup, displacement, and failure while the homeless service system avoids the outcomes that matter. ## [Dying in Plain Sight](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/dying-in-plain-sight) _2026-07-01 · Kevin Dahlgren_ How Passive Outreach, Excuses, and a Lack of Accountability Turn Homelessness Into a Death Sentence ## [When Survival Matters More Than Ideology](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/when-survival-matters-more-than-ideology) _2026-06-23 · Kevin Dahlgren_ What the political extremes can learn from the homeless. ## [When Ideology Overrules Common Sense](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/when-ideology-overrules-common-sense) _2026-06-16 · Kevin Dahlgren_ How radical policies turned homelessness from a moral cause into a political machine. ## [San Francisco: A Shoplifting Paradise for the Homeless](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/san-francisco-a-shoplifting-paradise) _2026-06-03 · Kevin Dahlgren_ Radicalized policies that benefit criminals and hurt everyone else ## [The Homeless Outreach Survival Guide](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/the-homeless-outreach-survival-guide) _2026-05-17 · Kevin Dahlgren_ How to help people in crisis without losing yourself in the mission. ## [The Compassion Cartel](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/the-compassion-cartel) _2026-05-07 · Kevin Dahlgren_ How the nonprofit left turned helping the homeless into a demand for obedience ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ry9sahPZJ91m) _2026-05-07 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Chris Dudley for Governor of Oregon](https://truthonthestreets.substack.com/p/chris-dudley-for-governor-of-oregon) _2026-04-28 · Kevin Dahlgren_ Oregon needs a governor willing to confront homelessness, addiction, and mental illness like the emergency it is.