A Model of Hope: Solutions to the Homelessness Epidemic | Mary L. G. Theroux and Graham H. Walker

October 28, 2021

This Lighthouse Briefing video features Independent Institute Executive Director Dr. Graham H. Walker and Independent's Senior Vice President Mary L. G. Theroux discussing Independent's "Beyond Homeless" initiative, which includes the Policy Report, "Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions," and the documentary, "Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope."

Mary L. G. Theroux is Senior Vice President of the Independent Institute. Having received her A.B. in economics from Stanford University, Ms. Theroux is Managing Director of Lightning Ventures, L.P., a San Francisco Bay Area investment firm, and Vice President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California. She is former Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Alameda County Salvation Army; former Chairman and current member of the San Francisco Salvation Army Advisory Board, and also serves on the National Advisory Board of The Salvation Army. Having been a director of nine corporations and three foundations, Ms. Theroux was also Chairman of Garvey International, Inc., and Co-Founder, President, and CEO of San Francisco Grocery Express, Ltd.

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READ THE POLICY REPORT:

"Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions ," by Mary L. G. Theroux, Adam B. Summers, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Jonathan Hofer, Hovannes Abramyan, and Scott Beyer; edited by Adam B. Summers; foreword by Scott Ackerson
https://www.independent.org/publications/policy_reports/detail.asp?id=13854

READ THE ARTICLE:

"California Needs a New Approach on Homelessness," by Adam B. Summers ("Orange County Register," November 23, 2021)
https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=13888

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY TRAILER:

"Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope"
https://www.beyondhomeless.org/documentary/

BUY THE BOOKS:

"Housing America: Building Out of a Crisis," edited by Randall G. Holcombe and Benjamin Powell
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=76

"The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society," edited by David T. Beito, Peter Gordon, Alexander T. Tabarrok; foreword by Paul Bede Johnson, CBE
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=17

"New Way to Care: Social Protections that Put Families First," by John C. Goodman
https://independent.org/newwaytocare

"Property Rights: Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings Re-Examined," edited by Bruce L. Benson
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=87

"Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government," by Robert Higgs, with a foreword by Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr.
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=101

"Beyond Politics: The Roots of Government Failure," by Randy Simmons, with a foreword by Gordon Tullock
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=93

"In All Fairness: Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity," edited by Robert M. Whaples, Michael C. Munger, and Christopher J. Coyne, with a foreword by Richard A. Epstein
https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=132

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