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2025 Playbook
2025 Playbook (WASHINGTON, D.C - February 3rd) Since the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision that cities can fine, ticket, and arrest people sleeping outside even when they have nowhere else to go, we have seen over 150 anti-homeless bills passed across the country. And now, Donald Trump and his billionaire allies are working to enact their anti-homeless, anti-Black and anti-poor, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ agenda. We know that these policies will hurt [...]
National Organizations Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary
National Organizations Working to Solve Homelessness Urge Senators to Vote “No” for Trump’s Pick for HUD Secretary (WASHINGTON, D.C - January 15th) Everybody needs a safe place to live. However, rising rents and government inaction keep pushing more people into homelessness. Nearly half of renters pay more than they can afford in rent, and one in four worries about imminently becoming homeless. Amid a worsening housing crisis, we need real [...]
Shocking bodycam footage shows police citing and detaining a woman in labor for being homeless.
December 19, 2024 Shocking bodycam footage shows police giving a woman in active childbirth a citation for being homeless. Louisville, Kentucky - Today, shocking and shameful body camera footage was released showing a Louisville Metro Police officer issuing a citation to a homeless woman who was in active labor. In the video, the woman explains that she was sleeping outside because her RV was impounded. Despite her pleas for help, the police officer did [...]
Homeless New Yorkers Sue Eric Adams Administration to End Inhumane and Unlawful Sweeps
Homeless New Yorkers Sue Eric Adams Administration to End Inhumane and Unlawful Sweeps NEW YORK, NEW YORK – (October 30th, 2024) Yesterday, six homeless New Yorkers filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and the Adams administration to end the City’s inhumane and unlawful homeless sweeps. The lawsuit alleges that both the City’s sweeps policy and the practices that follow are unconstitutional and violate individuals' civil rights. The plaintiffs are represented by [...]
National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Supreme Court Decision, Demands Real Solutions to Homelessness
National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Supreme Court Decision, Demands Real Solutions to Homelessness WASHINGTON, D.C. – (June 28th, 2024) In a profoundly disappointing ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today decided that the US Constitution does not protect homeless people against cruel and unusual punishment, even when they have no choice to sleep in public using things like blankets or pillows. Arresting or fining people for trying to survive is [...]
Biden and Bowser Administrations’ Encampment Evictions Violate Federal Policy, Fail to Connect People with Housing
Biden and Bowser Administrations’ Encampment Evictions Violate Federal Policy, Fail to Connect People with Housing Statement issued on behalf of The National Homelessness Law Center, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), Disability Rights & Education Defense Fund, Funders Together to End Homelessness, Housing Justice Collective, Southern Poverty Law Center, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, The National Coalition for the Homeless, The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, The National [...]
STATEMENT: Biden Administration’s Plan to Evict D.C. Encampment Residents Violates Federal Policy
STATEMENT: Biden Administration's Plan to Evict D.C. Encampment Residents Violates Federal Policy Statement issued on behalf of The National Homelessness Law Center, A Way Home America, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), Disability Rights & Education Defense Fund, Funders Together to End Homelessness, Housing Justice Collective, Southern Poverty Law Center, The National Alliance to End Homelessness, The National Coalition for the Homeless, The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, True [...]
Housing Not Handcuffs Newsletter: Johnson v. Grants Pass webinar tomorrow + new anti-homeless bills
Good afternoon Housing Not Handcuffs supporters, Right now, the Supreme Court, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, and Arizona are all debating if they can punish their way out of homelessness. Things like jail cells and tickets make homelessness worse, but sadly, too many people still think punishing people for being poor will end poverty. As the movement to arrest and ticket people sleeping outside grows, we need your help to shift [...]
