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Criminalization

2022-02-18T20:26:26-05:00

Criminalization Resources Helpful resources for combatting communities' growing habit of criminalizing homelessness. Housing Not Handcuffs: 2021 State Law SupplementOn, December 1, 2021, The Law Center released the first national study on state laws criminalizing homelessness. Housing Not Handcuffs 2021: State Law Supplement shows that states are increasingly targeting homeless people with criminal penalties and incarceration for acts of survival such as public sleeping, camping and asking for charity. This report supplements the Law Center’s Housing Not Handcuffs 2019 report,  which reviewed municipal level laws criminalizing homelessness in 187 cities across the country. Housing Not Handcuffs: Ending the Criminalization of [...]

Criminalization2022-02-18T20:26:26-05:00

IJT – May 2019

2022-01-26T12:24:34-05:00

May 2019 SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— Every year, the Law Center’s work benefits from thousands of hours of donated legal services from our pro bono partners. We just got the numbers for 2018, and I’m excited to share that last year alone, volunteers at law firms and corporate legal departments contributed over 7000 hours! Our pro bono partners worked with Law Center lawyers on a wide range of projects, including: A 50-state Index on Youth Homelessness that supports a campaign to reform state laws [...]

IJT – May 20192022-01-26T12:24:34-05:00

IJT – August 2019

2021-12-17T06:12:43-05:00

August 2019 SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— I’m writing as we’ve just said good-bye to our summer interns, and it’s an especially poignant moment. Our interns—both law and undergraduate did stellar work for us, and you can read about them here. And their energy, commitment and dedication to social justice are a source of inspiration to all of us and to me personally. Last month, we celebrated the Law Center’s 30 years of impact—making a difference in the lives of millions of people. The interns [...]

IJT – August 20192021-12-17T06:12:43-05:00

Federal Police Use Violent Force Against Family Living in Park – Pattern of Violence Continues

2024-04-03T17:16:17-04:00

Federal Police Use Violent Force Against Family Living in Park – Pattern of Violence Continues Forest Service Police Injured Disabled Family Members Washington, D.C. | August 23, 2023 - The National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) calls on the Biden-Harris administration to stop using federal police to respond to homelessness. In May of this year, undercover U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management police officers violently arrested Judy, Timber, and Brooks Roberts for living in a camper in the Payette National Forest north of Boise, Idaho. They were forced to live in the park after [...]

Federal Police Use Violent Force Against Family Living in Park – Pattern of Violence Continues2024-04-03T17:16:17-04:00

Law Center Statement on Today’s United Nations Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People

2024-04-03T17:16:34-04:00

Law Center Statement on Today’s United Nations Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People WASHINGTON, D.C. – (November 3, 2023) Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee highlighted serious and ongoing patterns of human rights abuses -- including those against people experiencing homelessness and poverty -- in the Concluding Observations from its recent convening that investigated the United States’ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  The Concluding Observations devote an entire paragraph to the human rights abuses faced by people experiencing homelessness. It reads: The Committee is concerned about reports of an increase [...]

Law Center Statement on Today’s United Nations Report Decrying Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Against Unhoused People2024-04-03T17:16:34-04:00

2023 Releases

2024-04-03T16:41:30-04:00

(February 13, 2023) On February 2, the DC government announced that the McPherson Square encampment community in downtown D.C. will be forcibly evicted on February 15, two months earlier than previously announced and in the midst of hypothermia season. The planned eviction of more than 70 unsheltered D.C. residents comes after the D.C. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage requested the National Park Service expedite the clearing. The planned eviction directly conflicts with the federal Plan to End Homelessness. The Law Center urges a halt to all encampment destruction plans and housing, which the DC Government has [...]

2023 Releases2024-04-03T16:41:30-04:00
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