Abstract

Homelessness remains a national crisis in the United States. In the post COVID-19 world, the nation faces a sharp increase in evictions and foreclosures, similar to what was seen after the 2008 financial collapse. This has led to an increase in homelessness, a rise which disproportionately impacts communities of color. Traditional moral philosophy cannot establish the radical obligation to the other needed to address the homelessness crisis. This Article proposes ways to mitigate homelessness through legal advocacy and policy reforms. In so doing, this Article engages with the radical obligation to the other, as expressed in contemporary moral philosophy. A public policy that fails to adequately address extreme poverty, suffering, and homelessness in society is morally bankrupt. This Article confronts the ethical and political commitments necessary to compassionately end homelessness in the United States.

Keywords

homeslessness, mitigate homelessness, contemporary moral philosophy, geoffrey mcdonald, ethics, politics