A significant case in Oregon has ignited a national debate on homelessness, focusing on whether governments can enforce laws against people sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go. The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling that could either make it easier for cities to enforce such laws or push them towards finding real solutions to homelessness. This case comes at a time when record numbers of Americans are homeless, with half of the growth in homelessness from 2020 to 2023 coming from the nine western states of the Ninth Circuit. Advocates argue that fines and jail for the homeless worsen the crisis, advocating for housing-first solutions. Kashyap emphasized that 'The ruling from the Supreme Court is not going to change the fact the true solutions to the homelessness are housing.' Jesse Rabinowitz of the Homelessness Law Center remarked, 'This will either make it easier for cities to punish people for sleeping outside or it will push cities to fund actual solutions to homelessness.' The hashtags #JohnsonVGrantsPass and #HousingNotHandcuffs highlight the legal and social movement aspects of the debate.
Progressive policies allowing the homeless to die on Seattle streets might come to an end thanks to SCOTUS. City leaders will simply need to find a political backbone. More here: https://t.co/UImONTZJUx
"Homelessness involves political choices which courts are ill-suited to make," @georgewill writes. "And it is a subject concerning which public health institutions can further ruin the reputations they damaged during the pandemic." https://t.co/EWGrPAgK1W
Not intervening keeps people homeless longer & is a faster pathway to death. And btw, nobody is getting arrested for just sleeping. This overturn expands the tools available for outreach and law enforcement to work together, to support a person to accept help @weheartseattle https://t.co/dzLzvGIFbm
Opinion in WSJ: How the Courts Made the Homeless Crisis Worse https://t.co/hyI4wtlw1F
NEW: Progressive policies allowing the homeless to die on city streets might come to an end thanks to the Supreme Court of the United States (and Donald Trump). City leaders will simply need to find a political backbone to sweep encampments. https://t.co/YrnyXRWhyQ
“This will either make it easier for cities to punish people for sleeping outside … or it will push cities to fund actual solutions to homelessness,” said Jesse Rabinowitz of the Homelessness Law Center. https://t.co/TQtiK4NryO
"Supreme Court weighs Donald Trump case, abortion bans, homeless camps in blockbuster week." (via @USATODAY) https://t.co/kpOxFnYpWv
Many cities already do this and it doesn’t work. Homelessness is growing because millions of Americans are just one paycheck away from sleeping outside. Jails & fines will not solve the housing & homelessness crisis—they make it worse. #JohnsonVGrantsPass #HousingNotHandcuffs https://t.co/DpHyDjfXqV
Record Numbers in the US Are Homeless. Can Cities Fine Them for Sleeping in Parks and on Sidewalks? https://t.co/xytq7OnYFK
Too many people have exploited the homeless situation to push their political agenda. The housing first people being amongst the worst. When you see people on our streets, they aren’t living there bc they’ve fallen on hard times. They are addicts and mentally ill. Our politicians… https://t.co/L4y6lvEBW6
A consequential Oregon case, opening Monday, will decide whether governments can enforce laws against people sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go. https://t.co/qJ1ooD2Ofp
Half of the growth in America’s homeless population between 2020 and 2023 came from the nine western states that comprise the Ninth Circuit. Politicians hope that a Supreme Court ruling will clarify how to tackle the rise of tent encampments https://t.co/41pmr981mO 👇
.@invisiblepeople visits Grants Pass where unsheltered residents are routinely cited and arrested but offered no other viable place to go. A case before the Supreme Court could determine whether this pattern will continue. (27 min.) https://t.co/QPpIISE4qq
“Record numbers in the US are homeless” Article: https://t.co/gMgROpgkZD
Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? https://t.co/FExQeVxKRF
“The ruling from the Supreme Court is not going to change the fact the true solutions to the homelessness are housing," Kashyap said. Kashyap argues the politicians too often blame the courts for what are really failures of housing policy. https://t.co/hEFmvJkBXQ
How homelessness in an Oregon town sparked a nationwide debate https://t.co/xRZaVPuSRp https://t.co/8xmTiqt2nl
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