‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness

Recent cuts to flagship federal program that funds housing and other services described as chaotic and disruptive'

When Shawn Pleasants first heard that the federal government was tearing up almost two decades of homelessness policy, it sent chills up his spine.

Pleasants, 58, was brought right back to the moment he lost his car and was forced to start living on Los Angeles's streets. That feeling of, you could never be safe - there's no more future," he said.