Mental illness is a widespread problem in our country today. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has estimated that 20-25% of our country's homeless suffer from mental illness (National Coalition for the Homeless, 2009). Many people with mental illnesses end up in prison without adequate treatment and supportive housing (NAMI, 2011). Without adequate care, people with serious mental illnesses cannot function as productive members of society (HCH Clinician's Network, 2000). Adequate housing, assistance and professionals to guide them, the quality of life of people with serious mental illnesses is poor. In this article, I will examine and analyze three journalistic studies regarding homelessness policies and public administrators' protection of people with serious mental illnesses. Alvin Mushkatel, Subhrajit Guhathakurta, Jackie Thompson, Kathy Thomas, and Michael Franczak (2009) explored the quality of life of people with serious mental illness who were homeless in the Phoenix metropolitan area. In the experiment, two programs examined were Supportive Housing (SL) and Supervised Assisted Living (SIL) (Mushkatel, Guhathakurta, Thompson, Thomas, & Franczak, 2009). The study examined several factors “such as neighborhood racial composition, income, housing tenure, and concentration of other subsidized housing” (Mushkatel, Guhathakurta, Thompson, Thomas, & Franczak, 2009, para. 1) and how which have affected the lives of people with serious mental illness. By 1997, “deinstitutionalization had resulted in 2.2 million severely mentally ill patients without supportive psychiatric services” (Mushkatel, Guhathakurta, Thompson, Thomas, & Franczak, 2009, para 3) and many people with severe mental illness became obsessed . . half of the sheet...... (2003). When the State takes life into its own hands: the public guardian as public administrator. Public Administration Review, 63(4), 396-404. Retrieved October 17, 2011, from Research Library. (Document ID: 370511071).Thomas, AR. (1998). Ronald Reagan and the Engagement of the Mentally Ill: Capital, Interest Groups, and the Eclipse of Social Policy, Electronic Journal of Sociology, ISSN: 1198 3655. Retrieved from http://www.sociology.org/content/vol003. 004/ thomas.htmlUnited States Department of Health and Human Services. (1999). Mental health: a report of the surgeon general. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health. Retrieved from http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/pdfs/front.pdf