The City Quietly Beating San Francisco at Homelessness

Podcast: Solving America's Problems · Jerremy Alexander Newsome & Dave Conley

Opublikowano: 2026-09-16

Houston cut its homeless population by 60 to 70 percent over the past decade — while San Francisco spends roughly five times more per person for worse results. Ryan Puzycki says Houston made it easy to build housing, then used homeless dollars for rapid rehousing instead of expensive permanent supportive housing. He also names Texas's bipartisan Senate Bill 840 as a state model, and argues single-family zoning mostly protects incumbents, not future homeowners. Timestamps: (00:00) Alex teases – Houston's quiet fix for the homelessness crisis(00:14) Which cities – are actually getting housing policy right today(10:30) Ryan fields – rapid-fire questions on zoning and the American...