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IJT – March 2020
March 2020 SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— I’m writing at a time of crisis for all of us—and especially for our unhoused neighbors and friends. People experiencing homelessness are exceptionally vulnerable to communicable diseases—including the coronavirus, COVID-19, which is sweeping the country and the world. Now, especially with President Trump’s false and harmful statements about people [...]
Housing is the Next Step to Mitigating Coronavirus
Housing is the Next Step to Mitigating Coronavirus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crys Letona Communications Associate 202-638-2535 x 109 cletona@homelesslaw.org (March 11, 2020, Washington, D.C.) – Without proper resources, people experiencing homelessness can be exceptionally vulnerable to communicable diseases—including the current outbreak of coronavirus, COVID-19. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty anticipates this virus to be not only a public health crisis, [...]
IJT – February 2020
February 2020 SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— Race and racism play pivotal—yet little discussed—roles in homelessness. Recent research shows that people of color are disproportionately represented in the homeless population—even more so than in the overall population of people experiencing poverty in the United States. Some 40% of people experiencing homelessness are Black, even though they [...]
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling City of Montgomery Issued over 400 Citations in Last 18 Months Enforcing Laws in Violation of First Amendment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Karianna Barr/NLCHP/ kbarr@homelesslaw.org/ 202-638-2535 x118 Jen Fuson/SPLC/jen.fuson@splcenter.org / 202-834-6209 Rebecca Seung-Bickley /Alabama ACLU/rseungbickley@aclualabama.org/334-420-1743 Montgomery, Ala.— Alabama’s panhandling laws violate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of speech, according to a lawsuit filed today [...]
2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness
2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness Each year, True Colors United and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty collaborate to research, analyze, and publish an annual State Index on Youth Homelessness (the Index) that measures, scores and reports on the systems, environment, and laws of all states as they relate to preventing and ending youth homelessness. The Index paints a broad picture of where states currently stand in [...]
2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness
2019 State Index Report on Youth Homelessness Shows Progress FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crys Letona Communications Associate 202-638-2535 cletona@homelesslaw.org (February 5, 2020, Washington, DC) – The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (Law Center) and True Colors United are excited to announce the release of the 2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness. This is the second consecutive year that these two organizations have [...]
Representatives Reveal Housing Policy Bills, Endorse Housing as a Human Right
Representatives Reveal Housing Policy Bills, Endorse Housing as a Human Right This was a monumental week for housing and human rights advocates, lawyers, and policymakers across the nation. U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal unveiled the Housing is a Human Right Act within a package of housing policy bills backed by The People’s Housing Platform. Representative Jayapal stood strong with her sisters in service Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, as well [...]
IJT – January 2020
January 2020 SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— Happy 2020! Here’s to a great new year for all of us, and for our work to end the injustice of homelessness. I want to share highlights of our plans for the new year: We will work to implement our landmark victory in Martin v. Boise. We had an exciting end to [...]
