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BREAKING: We won!!! A court just ruled the federal Administration violated the law in conditioning receipt of life-saving housing funds on compliance with the admin’s partisan agenda. ![]()
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Hundreds of thousand of people need housing to survive. Housing is not, and should never be, a partisan issue.
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On top of everything else, billionaires are controlling our country’s policies on homelessness and housing. People like Trump and his billionaire tech bro cronies have no idea what it’s like to have to choose between feeding your family or keeping a roof over their head. But we know the truth. Millions of Americans are just one missed paycheck away from losing their home. ![]()
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We need a housing system build for everyday people—not billionaires and corporations—and that system must start with affordable housing that will help solve homelessness.![]()
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Trump would rather throw homeless people into detention camps than actually solve homelessness. We need housing, not handcuffs.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Alabama’s appeal in Singleton v. Taylor, leaving in place a lower court ruling that found the state’s anti-solicitation laws unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Prior to the court’s finding, the release notes that solicitation was punishable under Alabama law, with individuals experiencing homelessness prohibited from holding signage asking for help and financial assistance.![]()
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Micah West, a senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, explained that states cannot punish individuals for requesting assistance.![]()
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“The Supreme Court’s decision leaves in place a ruling that states cannot criminalize people simply for holding signs expressing that they are hungry and homeless,” West said.![]()
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The SPLC report explains that the case began after Jonathan Singleton, an unhoused resident in Montgomery, Alabama, was prevented from holding signs seeking charitable assistance, including one that read, “Homeless. Today, it is me. Tomorrow, it could be you.”![]()
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In 2020, the SPLC and the National Homelessness Law Center filed the lawsuit on Singleton’s behalf, arguing that the statutes violated constitutional free speech provisions.![]()
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“Everybody needs a little help from their neighbors sometimes—that’s not a crime,” said Will Knight, decriminalization director at the National Homelessness Law Center.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Alabama's Appeal on Anti-Solicitation Laws - Davis Vanguard
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Alabama's appeal in Singleton v. Taylor, leaving in place a lower court ruling that found the state's anti-solicitation laws unconstitutional under the First Am...
In the past month, the Trump administration has intensified its multi-agency assault on our homeless neighbors and has issued several policies and funding changes that will make homelessness worse. These policies all tie back to Trump's anti-homeless order issued in July 2025.![]()
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As politicians ignore the rising cost of housing, gas, and healthcare, we know that another reality is possible. In a country as wealthy as ours, we have more than enough money to ensure that everybody- regardless of what they look like, where they are from, or what they do – has a safe place to live. ![]()
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In the past month, the Trump administration has intensified its multi-agency assault on our homeless neighbors and has issued several policies and funding changes that will make homelessness worse. Th...
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