Media Matters: Avoiding Silver Bullet Responses to Homelessness

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Media Matters: Avoiding Silver Bullet Responses to Homelessness

This second article in the Media Matters series digs into one of the most common pitfalls of media coverage of homelessness: silver bullet solutions. Whether it is believing that more funding for addictions treatment, sanctioned encampment sites, or donations to food banks are going to solve homelessness, focusing on single responses means we aren’t understanding the issue in a holistic way. How can we reframe the narrative to focus on preventing and ending homelessness?

To see the whole Media Matters series, visit our collection, Shifting Narratives on Homelessness.