THE HOMELESSNESS SOLUTION ACT

A $100 Billion Plan to End the Crisis at Home by Reallocating Pentagon Waste
Prepared by: Christian L. Robinson
Date: June 2025

Executive Summary

In 2024, 771,480 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States, the highest number ever recorded. Despite being the wealthiest nation on Earth, we spend over $850 billion annually on the military, while families, veterans, children, and elderly Americans sleep on sidewalks and under bridges.

This report proposes reallocating $100 billion from the bloated Pentagon budget to permanently address homelessness in the U.S. through a three pronged strategy: Prevent, Recover, and Reinforce.

“Our tax dollars should go to solving crises here at home, not killing children in war.”

The National Shame in Numbers

(Source: 2024 AHAR, HUD)

•  771,480 people homeless in a single night (Page v)
•   Families with children up 39% from 2023 (Page v)
•   Veterans make up 5% of adult homelessness (Page 48)
•   Nearly 150,000 children and 146,000 seniors homeless (Page v, Page 2)
•   Black Americans = 12% of U.S. population, 32% of homeless (Page v)

Meanwhile:

•  The Pentagon cannot pass a basic audit.
•  The U.S. military spent $14 trillion since 2001, much of it unaccounted for.
•  Thousands of innocent children have died in drone strikes, bombings, and “collateral damage.”

Gameplan: The $100 Billion Domestic Peace Strategy

GOALS:

• PREVENT homelessness before it starts
• RECOVER people already suffering
• REINFORCE housing systems for long-term sustainability

I. PREVENT ($35B)

Stop the bleeding upstream.

 $20B – Affordable Housing Development & Rental Assistance

• Construct 300,000 new affordable units
• Expand Section 8 vouchers in high-cost states

 $7B – Direct Poverty Intervention

• Pilot guaranteed income for at-risk families
• Reinstate expanded child tax credit

 $5B – Crisis Diversion

• Preempt homelessness from jail releases, hospital discharges, foster youth exits

 $3B – Local Emergency Prevention Funds

• Provide direct flexible grants to Continuums of Care (CoCs)

II. RECOVER ($45B)

Get people off the streets and into homes.

 $20B – Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)

• Add 150,000 PSH beds for the chronically homeless (Page 59)

 $10B – Emergency and Transitional Shelters

• Build 50,000 low-barrier shelter units with 24/7 wraparound care

 $10B – Behavioral & Health Care Access

• Fully fund mental health, detox, and Medicaid wraparounds

 $5B – Specialized Rapid Rehousing

• Prioritize veterans, families, and unaccompanied youth (Page 25, 37, 48)

III. REINFORCE ($20B)

Build systems to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.

$5B – Infrastructure & Data Upgrades

• Modernize HMIS and deploy real-time bed tracking

 $3B – Workforce Expansion

• Train and hire case managers, peer outreach, housing navigators

 $5B – Pilot Innovative Solutions

• Test rural village models, safe parking zones, motel conversion programs

 $7B – Performance-Based Local Support

• Fund CoCs based on measurable housing outcomes

Accountability: Our Moral Imperative

The same military-industrial complex that fuels endless wars abroad can afford to house every American. In 2023 alone, the Pentagon lost track of $220 billion in assets. Redirecting $100 billion—less than 12% of the defense budget—is both fiscally sane and morally essential.

Conclusion: Build Peace by Building Homes

We’ve spent decades exporting war. It’s time to import justice. A nation that can fund genocide abroad can and must house its own people. The choice is not between homeless veterans and defense, it's between defending humanity or destroying it.