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2018 Press Releases Washington, DC, December 10, 2018 – Today, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty joined the close to 190,000 other commenters in submitting a comment opposing the proposed "public charge rule," that will prevent immigrant families from pursuing permanent legal residency if they or someone in their household legally uses assistance through certain federal programs including housing and nutrition programs. Washington, DC, December 10, 2018 – Today, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty joined the close to 190,000 other commenters in submitting a comment opposing the proposed "public charge rule," that will prevent immigrant [...]

2019 Press Releases Washington, DC, December 16, 2019 – This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by the city of Boise to review the case Martin v. Boise (formerly Bell v. Boise). This leaves in place earlier rulings by the 9th Circuit that homeless persons cannot be punished for sleeping outside on public property in the absence of adequate alternatives. People experiencing unsheltered homelessness—at least in the 9th Circuit—can sleep more safely without facing criminal punishment for simply trying to survive on the streets. Washington, DC, December 4, 2019 – Yesterday, it was announced that Robert Marbut would [...]

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NHLC Statement on Police Brutality Against People Experiencing Homelessness In recent years and months, public outcry and resistance against police brutality and state-sanctioned violence have been an integral and growing part of the movement for racial, social, and economic justice. But those who have been paying attention know that this type of violence is anything but novel; while it may take a different shape or reach and resonate with new audiences when compared with the violence of generations past, it has nonetheless been a fixture of our society for as long as we have called ourselves a society. Of [...]

2017 Press Releases Washington, D.C., December 20, 2017 – The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty released a new report, Tent City USA: The Growth of America's Homeless Encampments and How Communities are Responding, reviewing the rapid growth of homeless people living in tents across the United States over the pasts decade, as measured by documentation in media reports. Washington, D.C., December 6, 2017 – In response to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) release of its 2017 point-in-time (PIT) count of the homeless population in the United States, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (the [...]

2020 Press Releases Washington, DC, December 16, 2019 – This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by the city of Boise to review the case Martin v. Boise (formerly Bell v. Boise). This leaves in place earlier rulings by the 9th Circuit that homeless persons cannot be punished for sleeping outside on public property in the absence of adequate alternatives. People experiencing unsheltered homelessness—at least in the 9th Circuit—can sleep more safely without facing criminal punishment for simply trying to survive on the streets. National Homelessness and Housing Organizations Respond to USICH Report 10 national organizations, [...]