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IJT – February 2020

2021-09-02T08:46:03-04:00

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 only comprise 26% of those living in poverty and 13% of the overall population. This is disturbing, but not surprising. Nationally, approximately half of all renters [...]

IJT – February 20202021-09-02T08:46:03-04:00

IJT – December 2020

2020-12-17T10:03:30-05:00

December, 2020  SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— This has been a tough year—and especially hard for our unhoused neighbors. People experiencing homelessness are particularly at risk of infection and death from COVID-19; they are also disproportionately members of minoritized communities, often targeted by police and private violence. But despite the challenges, with your support, we redoubled our efforts, pivoted our focus, and achieved tangible victories that helped empower communities and save lives. We beat back a draconian plan from the Trump Administration to criminalize people simply for being homeless—building on [...]

IJT – December 20202020-12-17T10:03:30-05:00

Department of Justice Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Phoenix Police Department

2022-09-29T11:16:33-04:00

Department of Justice Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Phoenix Police Department   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karianna Barr Director of Development & Communications 202-638-2535 kbarr@homelesslaw.org (August 18, 2021, Washington, D.C.) – On Thursday, August 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it will investigate incidents of excessive use of force, unlawful seizure and destruction of personal property, and other civil rights abuses against people experiencing homelessness by the Phoenix, AZ police department.   According to local activists, this discrimination has taken place not only in the City of Phoenix, but also more broadly in Maricopa County, [...]

Department of Justice Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Phoenix Police Department2022-09-29T11:16:33-04:00

2022 Releases

2025-03-05T12:29:44-05:00

2022 Press Releases (December 19, 2022, Washington, DC) – The National Homelessness Law Center (Law Center) welcomes the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness’ new All In: Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness, issued today as the Department of Housing & Urban Development also released its annual count numbers, which at more than half a million people—recognized as an undercount—remains unacceptable in the wealthiest country in the world. The Law Center wishes to highlight the following components: (November 16, 2022, Washington, DC) – The National Homelessness Law Center (Law Center) will be honoring U.S. Representative Cori Bush, Washington State Representative Nicole Macri, Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin, Washington Legal Clinic [...]

2022 Releases2025-03-05T12:29:44-05:00

CLE Info & Bios

2022-11-14T14:29:02-05:00

Right to Housing Forum 2022 Speaker Bios Eric Tars, National Homelessness Law Center  Eric Tars serves as the National Homelessness Law Center's Legal Director, working on its human rights, civil rights, and children’s rights programs through trainings, litigation, and policy advocacy at the international, national, and local levels. Working across federal agencies, Eric has helped develop a national policy framework against the criminalization of homelessness. He has led the Law Center's work on Martin v. Boise through a successful 9th Circuit appeal, leading dozens of west coast cities to modify their enforcement of homeless criminalizing [...]

CLE Info & Bios2022-11-14T14:29:02-05:00

IJT – May 2021

2021-09-02T08:40:50-04:00

May, 2021 SUBSCRIBE Dear Friends— The Law Center will periodically feature our close partnerships with other organizations and advocates in In Just Times. This month, we are featuring Mark Horvath, who founded Invisible People in 2008 after experiencing several periods of homelessness. Through one-on-one interviews, Mark shows the broader public what day-to-day life is actually like without a home. He seeks to portray that the reality of homelessness is much more complex than most assume. Homelessness is not only sleeping on a street corner; it [...]

IJT – May 20212021-09-02T08:40:50-04:00

Human Right to Housing

2022-09-06T11:31:04-04:00

Housing IS a Human Right But What Does That Mean? The Law Center joins those who have experienced homelessness to demand a human right to housing and an end to homelessness once and for all.    In the United States we must do more than talk about a human right to housing; we must learn the existing rich international legal content, discover the strengths and weaknesses of other countries’ approaches, and prioritize the progressive realization of the right here at home.  @homeless_law What does it mean to say #housingisahumanright? We explain what a [...]

Human Right to Housing2022-09-06T11:31:04-04:00

Top 5 Threats to People Experiencing Homelessness: What the Trump Election Could Mean to the Most Vulnerable

2021-12-17T06:17:39-05:00

People experiencing homelessness, or who are at risk of homelessness, are amongst the most marginalized and vulnerable people within our communities. And the issues related to homelessness do not always fall along partisan lines. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming transition and the top 5 threats facing people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Please use this information to advocate with your representatives in government!

Top 5 Threats to People Experiencing Homelessness: What the Trump Election Could Mean to the Most Vulnerable2021-12-17T06:17:39-05:00

Civil Rights

2020-03-17T21:37:40-04:00

Civil Rights Resources Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Comment The Law Center submitted a comment in response to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Proposed Rule, “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.” The Law Center strongly opposes the adoption of HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule and supports the continued implementation of the 2015 Rule because it creates a fair housing planning framework that emphasizes meaningful community participation, requires HUD review, and provides data and maps to better inform fair housing analysis.   2019 Alone Without A Home: A National Review of State Laws [...]

Civil Rights2020-03-17T21:37:40-04:00

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
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