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

2025-03-05T12:38:10-05:00

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 Continues2025-03-05T12:38:10-05:00

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

2025-03-05T12:38:30-05:00

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 People2025-03-05T12:38:30-05:00

2023 Releases

2025-03-05T12:30:11-05:00

2023 Press Releases (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 [...]

2023 Releases2025-03-05T12:30:11-05:00
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