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National Homelessness Law Center
Changing Laws, Changing Lives! We are the only national legal group dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness.
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Today, NHLC Senior Policy Director Eric Tars testified before the Philadelphia City Council in support of Councilmember Kendra Brooks' resolution condemning the #JohnsonVGrantsPass decision. In his testimony, Eric called for city officials to "do the right thing and focus on housing, not handcuffs; services not sweeps, as the proven solutions to homelessness."![]()
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Read the full testimony here:
The Law Center is thrilled to announce U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost as our 2024 Bruce F. Vento Award Recipient! ![]()
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Congressmember Frost has been a fierce advocate for unhoused Americans and compassionately shared how his struggle with homelessness and housing insecurity has influenced his work. Frosts’ support was critical in expanding the movement to end homelessness when the Supreme Court took up Johnson v. Grants Pass. He also works tirelessly on behalf of renters’ rights, disaster preparedness, and in so many other areas of human and civil rights. ![]()
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For all these reasons and more, we are excited to celebrate U.S. Representative Frost at this year’s Human Right to Housing Awards on Monday November 18th. Don’t forget to register to join us at homelesslaw.org/get-involved/hrth-awards/
We're advocating for state legislation that would bar municipalities from criminalizing homelessness under the disast#JohnsonVGrantsPasssPass ruling. The template legislation includes the right to live on public property without discrimination, and would prevent municipalities from banning begging, food distribution, sleeping in cars on public property, and more. ![]()
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Last week, NHLC Senior Policy Director Eric Tars testified before the PA Joint Democratic Policy Committee to ensure Pennsylvania adopt the best, most effective policies on homelessness—and avoid adopting the worst—in the wake of the disast#JohnsonVGrantsPasssPass decision from the Supreme Court. Read his full testimony and more about the legislation here:
Advocates at hearing call for rethinking housing, homelessness policies - One United Lancaster
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"You can't solve homelessness with services."
Thank you to PA State Senators Katie Muth and Nikil Saval, State Representative Ismail Smith-Wade-El, and their staff for organizing today's hearing, "Serving the Homeless in the Wake of the Grants Pass Ruling."![]()
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In his testimony to the PA Joint Democratic Policy Committee, NHLC Senior Policy Director Eric Tars discussed the devastating aftermath of #JohnsonVGrantsPass and how the Law Center's template legislation can help cities fight back against the increasing criminalization of homelessness. ![]()
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Read the full testimony here: homelesslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PA_Testimony_-_Eric_on_Grants_Pass.pdf
