He wanted to ban feeding homeless people. Now he's about to lead a federal homeless agency
by Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times
Dec 04, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - A consultant known for urging cities to stop "enabling" homeless people, in part by blocking charities from handing out food, has been tapped to lead the agency that coordinates the federal government's response to homelessness.
Robert Marbut, who has worked with several cities, including Fresno and several other California cities and counties, would succeed Matthew Doherty as executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Doherty, an Obama administration appointee, was ousted by the Trump
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