"We have identified three key findings from the research described here: (a) safe parking programs bolster upward cycles for those with the capacity to work, draw on social ties, or access housing assistance; (b) safe parking programs prevent downward spirals for those with fewer resources by acting as safety net, are preferred as a safety net by clients who have used both safe parking programs and emergency shelters over the latter, and provide greater access to resources than is possible through street outreach efforts; and (c) expanded access to lots, case management, and showers would benefit all clients of safe parking programs." #SafeParking#homelessness#unhoused#policy
“Even if evidence indicated #theFed capable of such precision (evidence does not), Joseph C. Sternberg’s question in the WSJ is apposite: ‘Who elected these folks to aim for a 50% loss in purchasing power of a #dollar every 35yrs?’
“In a recent rpt, the Manhattan Inst’s Dan Katz & Stephen Miran argue that ‘the Fed’s current governance has facilitated #groupthink that has led to significant #monetary#policy errors
“‘while allowing #theFed the flexibility to unwisely expand its remit into inherently #political areas such as #credit rationing & #banking#regulation.’ Here is #groupthink: ‘Despite the biggest #monetary errors in 4 decades,’ Katz & Miran write, none of the 9 recent appointees to the Board of Governors was on record as having made accurate predictions about #inflation’s path.
“#MissionCreep: #TheFed has moved beyond its traditional technocratic role & ‘pursued a much more expansive #monetary & #regulatory agenda that is more consistent w/an explicitly #political institution.’”