The midterms could make homelessness the new bipartisan issue

As election returns roll in, political analysts will undoubtedly focus on the deep partisan divisions over the cost of energy, the Iran War, support for Israel, and immigration. Most of it will predict two more years of gridlock between Congress and the White House.

Whatever the balance of power in Congress, a new consensus could emerge on homelessness. The conditions are ripe: a Republican administration dedicated to better outcomes for both the homeless and the public and Democrats incentivized to show their constituents that they are no longer ignoring a crisis at its worst in blue strongholds like Seattle and San Francisco.

The only results that matter are whether Washington finally stops counting dollars spent on homelessness and starts counting the people it helps escape it.

Even so,