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<h1>Fewer homeless, a Bush legacy </h1>   <div class="cnn_stryathrtmp"> <div class="cnnByline">By <strong>David Frum</strong>, CNN Contributor</div> <div class="cnn_strytmstmp">updated 3:45 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013</div> </div>  <div class="cnn_strycntntlft">  <div class="cnn_stryimg640captioned"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429153323-frum-homeless-guy-story-top.jpg" alt="The abolition of homelessness has become a possibility due to the efforts of George W. Bush's administration, David Frum says." border="0" height="360" width="640"/></div> <div class="cnn_stryimg640caption"><div class="cnn_strycaptiontxt">The abolition of homelessness has become a possibility due to the efforts of George W. Bush's administration, David Frum says.</div></div> <a name="em0"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr"> <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght">  <li>David Frum: Despite the Great Recession, fewer people are living on the street</li> <li>Frum: Why isn't homelessness getting worse? Because of the policies of George W. Bush </li> <li>He says under Bush the simple solution of providing a home ("housing first") worked </li> <li>Frum: Abolition of homelessness has become a real possibility, thanks to Bush</li>  </ul> </div></div>  <p class="cnnEditorialNote"><em><strong>Editor's note:</strong> David Frum, a CNN contributor, is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. He is the author of eight books, including a new novel, "Patriots," and a post-election e-book, "Why Romney Lost." Frum was a special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002.</em></p> <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- Have you noticed that homelessness isn't worse? Here we are, living through the most protracted joblessness crisis since the Great Depression -- and surprisingly, fewer people are living on the street.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844/http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2012/HUDNo.12-191" target="_blank">reported</a> that the number of the chronically homeless declined by 30% between 2005 and 2007. You might have expected the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/us/30homeless.html" target="_blank">numbers</a> to spike again when the financial crisis hit but no. Since 2007, the number of chronic homeless has dropped another 19%.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">A broader measure of the number of homeless counts the number of people living out of doors on one randomly chosen night. That broader measure has also improved through the economic crisis. Between January 2011 and January 2012, homelessness among veterans dropped by 7%.</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylccimg214"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/110912013005-david-frum-portrait-left-tease.jpg" alt="David Frum" border="0" class="box-image" height="122" width="214"/> <div>David Frum</div> </div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">To what or whom do we owe this good news?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">In very large part, we owe it to the president whose library opened in Dallas last week: George W. Bush.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">For three decades, we have debated what causes homelessness and how to deal with it. Is homelessness a mental health problem? A substance abuse problem? A problem caused by gentrification and urban redevelopment? Or something else again?</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7">The Bush administration substituted a much simpler idea -- an idea that happened to work. Whatever the <i>cause</i> of homelessness, the solution is ... a home.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">In 2002, Bush appointed a new national homeless policy czar, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/06/the-abolitionist/302969/" target="_blank">Philip Mangano</a>. A former music agent imbued with the religious philosophy of St. Francis of Assisi, Mangano was seized by an idea pioneered by New York University psychiatrist Sam Tsemberis: "housing first."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">The "housing first" concept urges authorities to concentrate resources on the hardest cases -- to move them into housing immediately -- and only to worry about the other problems of the homeless after they first have a roof over their heads. A 2004 profile in The Atlantic nicely summarized Tsemberis' ideas: "Offer them (the homeless) the apartment first, he believes, and you don't need to spend years, and service dollars, winning their trust."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">Many old school homeless advocates resisted Mangano's approach. They were impelled by two main objections:</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11"><strong>1</strong><strong>.</strong> They believed that homelessness was just the most extreme form of a problem faced by low-income people generally -- a lack of affordable housing for low-income people. Focusing resources on the nation's hardest cases would (these advocates feared) distract the federal government from the bigger project of subsidizing better housing for millions of people who did not literally live in the streets.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12"><strong>2. </strong>By 2002, the nation had been worrying about homelessness for several decades. Countless programs from state and local agencies responded to some separate part of the problem; tens of thousands of people earned their livings in those state and local agencies, disposing of massive budgets. "Housing first" threatened to disrupt this vast industry. "Housing first" was comparatively cheap, for one thing: a homeless shelter might look squalid, but it cost a great deal to operate -- more, oftentimes, than a proper apartment with kitchen and bath. The transition to "housing first" threatened jobs and budgets across the country.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">There was only one counterargument to these objections: "Housing first" worked. It worked from the start, and it worked fast. It worked so well that the Obama administration has now claimed the approach as its own, even keeping Mangano on the job for the first weeks of the new administration.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">Bush remains one of the more controversial and less popular ex-presidents. But if in the next days you happen to walk down a city street, take a moment to notice how many men or women are sleeping there. Results will vary from place to place, but on average, there are probably fewer than half as many as a decade ago. The job is not completed yet. But for the first time since the 1970s, the abolition of homelessness has become a real and near possibility. 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Korea, Iran</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 11:39 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/blechman-nuclear-deterrence/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130416114559-south-korean-soldiers-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Barry Blechman says there's a reason why the U.S. never attacked another nation to stop it from becoming a nuclear power.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/simmons-girls-leadership/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Teach girls to be more like boys </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 1:27 PM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/simmons-girls-leadership/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120913102752-education-college-campus-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Rachel Simmons says at Phillips Andover Academy, a fiery debate has erupted over the gender gap in student leadership.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/mcwhorter-lol/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">LOL isn't funny anymore</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:38 AM EDT, Tue April 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/30/opinion/mcwhorter-lol/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429180855-orig-ideas-texting-language-00002414-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">John McWhorter says the evolution of "LOL" shows how texting has become a new language.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/frum-less-homelessness/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Fewer homeless, a Bush legacy </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 3:45 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/frum-less-homelessness/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130429153323-frum-homeless-guy-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">David Frum asks: Have you noticed that despite the joblessness crisis, fewer people are living on the streets? </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/zelizer-obama-government/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Why can't Obama reform government?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 3:29 PM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/zelizer-obama-government/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130417190101-raw-video-pres-obama-on-gun-control-vote-in-senate-00070418-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Julian Zelizer says President Obama's trouble has more to do with the way government works rather than his skills. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/larsen-sequester-cuts-still-hurt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Sequester cuts hurting our kids, elderly</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:29 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/29/opinion/larsen-sequester-cuts-still-hurt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130426193640-larsen-head-start-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Sure, Congress rolled back cuts affecting flight delays; unfortunately, kids losing a school bus to budget cuts can't fly to class. Head Start and Meals on Wheels also hit. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/bergen-warning-signs-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Agencies often miss warning signs of attacks</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:27 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/bergen-warning-signs-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130424160912-boston-bombings-boylston-street-reopens-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Peter Bergen says missed signals and lack of inter-agency communication are factors that help enable terrorism to succeed</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/rotenberg-google-privacy/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Put teeth in Google privacy fines</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:01 AM EDT, Mon April 29, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/27/opinion/rotenberg-google-privacy/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130426163607-rotenberg-google-fines-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Marc Rotenberg says the small fine against the search giant for secretly collecting private data shows how public agencies have dropped the ball on users' privacy</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/opinion/green-johnson-cha-north-korea/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">How to stop the North Korea madness</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 12:40 PM EDT, Sun April 28, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/opinion/green-johnson-cha-north-korea/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130425180524-north-korea-south-korea-protest-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Chris Johnson, Michael Green and Victor Cha say the problem of North Korea's nuclear gamesmanship can be solved</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/ghitis-syria-chemical/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Obama must act on Syria chemical weapons </a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:44 AM EDT, Fri April 26, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/ghitis-syria-chemical/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130425133023-ghitis-syria-chemical-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Frida Ghitis says after news that Syria has crossed the 'red line,' the administration must respond meaningfully and forcefully.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a 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She says despite her many differences with President Bush, he pulled through after a bad start in helping the Gulf Coast.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/cain-mccarthy-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Who is our enemy?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 5:45 AM EDT, Fri April 26, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130502154844/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/opinion/cain-mccarthy-terrorism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130502154844im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130419124119-dzhokar-tsarnaev-3-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Will Cain and Andrew McCarthy debate who are we fighting in the war on terror. 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