The #homelessness policy developments in the US are truly harrowing. The recent The Brookings Institution review by Hanna Love and Thea Sebastian shows how local municipalities, state jurisdictions, and now the recent Grants Pass Supreme Court decision are criminalising rough-sleeping homelessness. They even report that in Kentucky, state legislation prohibits "the use of state funds to provide permanent housing without preconditions (essentially blocking the implementation of the evidence-based “housing first” model)". And great overview of what should be the appropriate response to homelessness which has strong resonance with what we have argued is required to end homelessness (https://lnkd.in/gdH38xDs). And lets not forget the fundamental key to ending homelessness which is you must focus more than anything on the underlying systems drivers of homelessness.
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Check out this article on safe and humane homelessness solutions from @BrookingsInst. It's widely recognized that increasing affordable housing supply is key to tackling homelessness. This research brief dives into evidence-based approaches, the link between housing and public safety, and offers practical recommendations for state and local governments. Explore short-, medium-, and long-term strategies to ensure a safe public realm in today's dynamic legal and political landscape. #Homelessness #AffordableHousing #Kansas #PolicySolutions https://1l.ink/CHPPQGZ
Safe places and safe sleeping: Cost-effective and humane recommendations for local leaders after Grants Pass | Brookings
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The Supreme Court overturned the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson. The ruling makes it easier to fine, ticket, or arrest people for sleeping outdoors, even if elected officials have failed to produce sufficient shelter or housing for everyone in the community who needs it. In the wake of this decision, the Alliance continues to publish resources and guidance 👇 https://lnkd.in/grz9bDX6. Advocacy at the local level is important now more than ever, as local elected officials will have the most impact on how a locality responds to homelessness. We must ensure they know that tickets and arrests are costly and counterproductive, and that the most effective way to end a person’s homelessness is connecting them to permanent housing and supportive services. How you can help 👇 https://lnkd.in/g3gcDCBh #NAEH2024 #EndHomelessness #BeLikeMike #Prevention #Diversion #FlexFunding #SCOTUS #JohnsonVGrantsPass #HousingFirst #HousingIsHealthcare
The Supreme Court Rules on Homelessness: What it All Means
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"A strong body of evidence shows that when people are housed stably, they commit fewer survival crimes like theft, robbery, trespassing, loitering, and prostitution. Increasing access to rental housing in low-income neighborhoods has also been found to significantly reduce violent crime, and providing permanent housing subsidies is correlated with reduced rates of intimate partner violence." Check out this insightful piece from The Brookings Institution on creating safe places and safe sleeping for people experiencing homelessness. In light of the recent Grants Pass decision, the article highlights the importance of cost-effective and humane solutions to address homelessness without resorting to criminalization. https://hubs.la/Q02HR0cR0
Safe places and safe sleeping: Cost-effective and humane recommendations for local leaders after Grants Pass | Brookings
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Last week, the US and California Supreme Courts issued two opinions on key cases that will impact homeless encampment management and financing for housing and homelessness solutions. The US Supreme Court ruled that an anti-camping ordinance passed by the City of Grants Pass, Oregon, v. Johnson - which enabled the city to clear homeless encampments - was not unconstitutional. This enables California cities to enact more ordinances to sweep homeless encampments and further criminalize homelessness. The last several issues of our monthly email newsletter have provided an ongoing analysis of the possible outcomes of a SCOTUS decision. Our latest article continues that analysis and identifies an additional California Supreme Court decision impacting housing and homelessness solutions funding. #housingcrisis #homelesscrisis #affordablehousing #SCOTUS
Key US and California Supreme Court Decisions Released with Mixed Results for Housing and Homelessness - LeSar Development Consultants
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The solution to #homelessness is to build more permanent housing, so that those experiencing homelessness have somewhere to live. Let’s invest in #housing instead of encampment sweeps. #psh #affordablehousing #housingfirst
At Abode, we are concerned that Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order today regarding the removal of #homeless encampments will fail to reach its goals and yield negative results for those who simply need a home. We believe today’s announcement is a call to action for our state and local leaders to redouble our efforts to end homelessness. Our stance on the issue of sweeping #encampments is clear: • #Homelessness is not a crime, it is a crisis – one that is a result of systemic failures that have produced fewer than 24 affordable units for every 100 people who need them. • In the Bay Area, some would have to earn as much as $78 per hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment. (For low-wage workers, that would mean working up to five full-time minimum-wage jobs.) • We believe this nation’s laws should protect the most vulnerable people in our community – not threaten them. • Criminalizing homelessness is wrong. It is cruel, ineffective, and costly. • It worsens cycles of homelessness and makes it more difficult to find real #solutions. That is why we condemned the June 28 Supreme Court ruling on Grants Pass v. Johnson, which makes it easier for authorities to punish people for experiencing homelessness, even when there is no adequate shelter. Instead of punishing those in need, we would like to use today’s announcement as an opportunity for a call to action. Newsom himself called on local governments to house people and provide services. It is our hope that state officials and local governments will do just that – find and fund #sustainable housing solutions. As a region, we long ago moved away from the tepid goal of merely “managing homelessness.” Instead, we must keep taking steps to actually end the problem. We must urge leaders – nationally and locally – to accept the idea that just moving people around isn’t going to solve #homelessness. Sweeping an #encampment is no solution, if the individuals living there have nowhere to go. The solution to homelessness is #housing. Today, we call on local leaders to continue to work on that real solution, so that someone experiencing homelessness today will soon have a dignified place to live. #SustainableSolutions #HousingFirst #HousingEndsHomelessness
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A very important read about the false promises of laws that would criminalize homelessness. In practice, these laws aren't reducing homelessness at all. In fact, they're creating chaos and making the work to rehouse people even harder. The reason is simple: because they are written by people who don't understand the issue at all, but do understand the political advantages of demonizing vulnerable populations. https://lnkd.in/ea2UCe2V
The right’s war on ‘housing first’ lands in Middle America
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Helping those who have fallen between the cracks: is this not the high road? Beefing the police force to explicitly clamp down on a generation segment that is "lost" amounts to a step that is criminalization of the homeless? A short term knee jerk response by politicians to pacify the comfortable voter, yet long term, the article below advocates it is an expensive outcome. By the way, all those new police on staff draw very large pay, are union entitled, have large public service pensions. Overstaffing police could create a long term cost/tax burden problem (politician and taxpayer accountabilities become inflexible costs) even as they "solve" the short term problem by keeping the homeless on a leash. Life is bigger than that? We should have compassion on those who have lost their way, in my view, as a priority above excessive "law and order", and aim better for a balance that takes the wasted social potential of the homeless and gives them a second chance.
Cities such as Milwaukee and Miami have been able to decrease homelessness by over 90% through investments in housing and support services. The upcoming Supreme Court case #JohnsonVGrantsPass could help pave the way for more cities across the U.S. to do the same. "Relying on criminalization is expensive and shortsighted. It simply moves the issue without making anything better, leading to higher costs, exacerbating the problem, and violating basic human rights and dignity in the process. A Supreme Court ruling that recognizes the inhumanity of such penalties could pave the way for more effective approaches to end homelessness." Read more from our Decriminalization Director, William Knight: https://loom.ly/Q0sk1UI
The US Supreme Court Should End Criminalization of Homelessness
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At Abode, we are concerned that Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order today regarding the removal of #homeless encampments will fail to reach its goals and yield negative results for those who simply need a home. We believe today’s announcement is a call to action for our state and local leaders to redouble our efforts to end homelessness. Our stance on the issue of sweeping #encampments is clear: • #Homelessness is not a crime, it is a crisis – one that is a result of systemic failures that have produced fewer than 24 affordable units for every 100 people who need them. • In the Bay Area, some would have to earn as much as $78 per hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment. (For low-wage workers, that would mean working up to five full-time minimum-wage jobs.) • We believe this nation’s laws should protect the most vulnerable people in our community – not threaten them. • Criminalizing homelessness is wrong. It is cruel, ineffective, and costly. • It worsens cycles of homelessness and makes it more difficult to find real #solutions. That is why we condemned the June 28 Supreme Court ruling on Grants Pass v. Johnson, which makes it easier for authorities to punish people for experiencing homelessness, even when there is no adequate shelter. Instead of punishing those in need, we would like to use today’s announcement as an opportunity for a call to action. Newsom himself called on local governments to house people and provide services. It is our hope that state officials and local governments will do just that – find and fund #sustainable housing solutions. As a region, we long ago moved away from the tepid goal of merely “managing homelessness.” Instead, we must keep taking steps to actually end the problem. We must urge leaders – nationally and locally – to accept the idea that just moving people around isn’t going to solve #homelessness. Sweeping an #encampment is no solution, if the individuals living there have nowhere to go. The solution to homelessness is #housing. Today, we call on local leaders to continue to work on that real solution, so that someone experiencing homelessness today will soon have a dignified place to live. #SustainableSolutions #HousingFirst #HousingEndsHomelessness
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The Supreme Court's decision on Grants Pass v. Johnson, made this past June, allows cities to criminalize homelessness. This overrides a decision made in the Ninth Circuit, which stated unhoused folks camping in public spaces cannot be fined or arrested when there are not enough beds in shelters. Check out this article from Native News Online to learn about how homelessness disproportionately affects Indigenous communities and the impacts of this Supreme Court case.
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🚨 A small Oregon town’s homeless crisis is front and center in a landmark Supreme Court case. The ruling, set for April 22, could reshape how cities across the U.S. handle homelessness. This isn’t just a legal debate—it’s about protecting the constitutional rights of those without shelter. Pathways to Housing PA and 36 other organizations have signed onto an amicus brief filed by CSH, the Source for Housing Solutions, supporting the Ninth Circuit's decision to uphold the U.S. Constitution by prohibiting communities from fining or arresting people for merely sleeping outside when they have no access to shelter. The decision will have ripple effects nationwide, impacting thousands who struggle with homelessness. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eunfNesp
How a small city in Oregon could shape the way major U.S. cities handle homelessness
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