For a while in the Obama administration, the council was chaired by the labor secretary, which suggests that the Trump administration has lowered its status. The council was created in 1987 and is supposed to coordinate the government’s approach to tackling homelessness. Trump has promised to take action against California’s homelessness problem, arguing that homelessness hurts the quality of life and the “prestige” of some of its largest cities. AD“The people of San Francisco are fed up, and the people of Los Angeles are fed up,” Trump told reporters en route to Silicon Valley in September. “Specifically, what role would the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness play in your effort?” it said.

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2019 19:29 UTC