Cycles of Change

The body on the street is unstable. It shifts and it advances in one direction at a steady pace. Researchers and physicians have documented its stages. They can now describe this movement with a clock. Series: Urban Survival — The Spiral That Nobody Stops — Part 2 of 11 This is not a gradual [...]

Stand on any major street in a large city and look carefully at the pavement. Check near a building entrance, a freeway underpass, or a sheltered public park corner. There is a person there and they are lying on concrete. They have been lying on concrete for a long time. Series: Urban Survival — [...]

In July 2025, the Trump administration signed an executive order titled "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets." The order redirected $100 million toward a program called STREETS, which funds urban camping bans, law enforcement training for mental health crisis response, and expanded [...]

A capital reallocation framework that reclaims distressed commercial real estate to create a sustainable pipeline for rehousing individuals experiencing homelessness. Converting vacant structures into Material Dignity Infrastructure neutralizes municipal financial drains and restores public health. [...]

In September 2025, Utah announced plans for a 1,300-bed facility near the Salt Lake City International Airport to serve as the state's primary homelessness response. Governor Spencer Cox called it a "transformation." The Cicero Institute, a Texas-based think tank that has advised more than a dozen [...]