Investigation reveals billions in homeless funds fuel radical activism

For years, Americans have been told that “Mercy” for the homeless That meant writing bigger checks than ever before — more money, more programs, and much less accountability.

Now, finally, we have some answers as to why Homelessness has exploded Even amid a tripling of public spending.

A Leading investigation, “Infiltrator” – Backed by more than 50 pages of documents released by the Capital Research Center in collaboration with the Discovery Institute – it pulls back the curtain on a vast system of corruption. It reveals how billions in taxpayer money intended to lift people out of homelessness has instead funded extremist activity and anti-American political agendas., Betrayal of the taxpayers who fund it and the homeless people they were supposed to help.

We finally have some answers as to why homelessness is so rampant even as public spending has tripled. (Tayfun Coskun/Anatolia via Getty Images)

Despite unprecedented resources, homelessness in the United States is now at its highest levels in US history. “Infiltrator” explains how the country’s most prominent “homeless advocacy” organizations have been weaponized against the very people they claim to serve—redirecting compassion to ideology and subordination to authority.

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It reveals how extremist networks have quietly embedded themselves within leading homelessness nonprofits, sharing infrastructure, donors, and ideology.

What began as a movement rooted in compassion has morphed into what can only be described as a homelessness industrial complex — a sprawling network of nonprofits, bureaucrats, and activists fueling the very crisis they claim to solve.

They have built an empire of corruption cloaked in “evidence-based” slogans that protect politics, protect salaries, and betray the vulnerable.

The report reveals the matter clearly: These networks pretend to be defenders of the homeless in America, but in reality they have become their biggest exploiters., It is based on failure to maintain power.

The origins date back to 2013, when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Establish Housing First as a federal doctrine. HUD promised to “end homelessness within a decade” by stripping treatment requirements and accountability, effectively institutionalizing the policy.

The result? Spending rose. Grants multiplied. The results collapsed.

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The Supreme Court case Grants Bass v. Johnson exposed corruption further. More than 700 nonprofit organizations — collectively receiving $2.9 billion in government grants — filed briefs defending public encampments and opposing enforcement of anti-camping laws as “cruel and unusual punishment.” Their interest was not in mercy, but in preserving their money pot.

Private institutions joined the crusade.

Major philanthropies—Ford, Robert Wood Johnson, and the Gates Foundation—have poured billions into Housing First and “equity” initiatives to promote ideology under the guise of helping the homeless.

Funds from donors blocked the flow of funds, enabling anonymous support that blurred the line between charity and politics.

Meanwhile, coalitions like Funders Together to End Homelessness have funneled huge sums toward key political causes — including promoting reparations and anti-police movements.… All under the moral camouflage of addressing homelessness.

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Donors and taxpayers They thought they were funding solutions. Instead, their money fueled lawsuits, lobbying, and ideological activism that deepened despair.

A previous Capital Research report, “The Creep into Violence,” revealed a deep overlap between displacement coalitions and extremist networks — pro-Hamas organizations, Marxist movements, and anarchist collectives that share the same funders and infrastructure. Groups like the Western Regional Advocacy Project glorify violent fugitives like Assata Shakur, while the Independent Tenants Union Network boasts of refusing to cooperate with mainstream nonprofits to maintain “revolutionary independence.”

They have hijacked the language of empathy to wage a political war against law enforcement, property rights, and personal responsibility.

The result is devastating and measurable: billions spent, streets worse than ever, and a 77% increase in the death rate among the homeless, all in the name of “justice.”

For too long, the homeless industrial complex has thrived in the dark, remaining untouchable, unaccountable and unchallenged. But sunlight finally breaks through.

A homeless person lies on the sidewalk in New York on December 27, 2024. (Selcuk Akar/Anatolia)

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President Donald Trump’s latest Executive Order on Homelessness It represents the first serious course correction in more than a decade. The complex’s comprehensive resistance – including a recent lawsuit – only underscores its entrenchment and fear of being held accountable for the real results.

But the homeless can no longer wait.

If compassion is to mean anything, funding must be linked to measurable outcomes such as real reductions in homelessness. Every dollar should be used to restore human lives, not… Funding ideological causes.

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It is time to restore compassion from corruption by returning finance to what it was meant to do: restore hope, recovery, and purpose.

The light is on. The truth is out. Now it’s up to us to keep up the pressure, hold the line and not let the darkness approach again.

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