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Meghan Henry

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Meghan Henry is the project director for HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Reports. Henry is a leading expert on homelessness at Abt Associates.
A large graffiti'd mural, painted in a cartoonish style, showing an apparently homeless family of three standing near a traffic light. The mother is handing a box or carton of stuff to the child, whose other hand is reaching to the father figure. He is holding up a sign that says "Help us." Facial features were not drawn on these figures, giving them a universal quality.
Opinion

What’s Driving Homelessness? It’s Not Immigration and It’s Not Opioids.

January 19, 2024 | Meghan Henry and Jill Khadduri

Homelessness rose by 12 percent between 2022 and 2023. Blaming drug use and immigration for the increase distracts us from the real causes.