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Cities have broad powers to address homelessness, Supreme Court ...

Cities have broad power to evict people from street encampments and confiscate their property, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.

What Can (and Can't) Local Government Do to Address ...

Utilize Federal and State Funding in Alignment with Existing Homeless Plans: Local governments are often the recipients of state and federal aid ...

How far will Democratic cities go to police homelessness? - Politico

SAN FRANCISCO — The Supreme Court has granted mayors broad powers to combat the homelessness crisis, including by jailing people for ...

Media Tip Sheet: Supreme Court Gives Mayors Power to Combat ...

The Supreme Court's recent Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling grants mayors broad powers to address homelessness, including jailing individuals for sleeping outside.

Supreme Court allows punishment for homeless sleeping - NPR

... cities that wanted more powers to manage record homelessness. But ... have any “special competence” to decide how cities should deal with this.

ACLU Responds to Supreme Court Decision that Cities Can Punish ...

Instead of arresting or fining people for simply existing, cities should prioritize proven solutions to end homelessness, like affordable ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has Said That Cities may Criminalize the ...

Some of the strongest advocates for criminalizing homelessness cite as justification the way that encampments block business and transit ...

Reimagining the Policy Approach to Homelessness - FREOPP

Build more housing. Reduce housing costs by removing barriers to new construction such as exclusionary zoning rules so local inventory can meet ...

Cities are asking the Supreme Court for more power to clear - Vox

In 2018, a federal court issued a consequential decision about homelessness in America: People without housing can't be punished for sleeping or ...

Supreme Court issues a trio of massive rulings. Millions of lives will ...

The ruling is expected to have broad and immediate consequences for cities, particularly in the West. ... cities can take to addressing ...

Some worry SCOTUS ruling could embolden cities to criminalize ...

But the 6-3 SCOTUS decision released June 28 affirms that municipal governments have broad authority to craft laws that can sometimes make ...

As homeless people become more visible, some cities and states ...

As the homeless population has grown and become more visible, many cities and states have moved from a focus on the rights of homeless ...

Supreme Court gives cities and towns power to criminalize ...

... address the homelessness crisis in the United States. In the long term, affordable housing is the solution, but “we need interim strategies ...

Cities, Zoning, and the Fragmented Response to Homelessness

site of the homelessness crisis and have authority over key policy levers that acutely affect communities' ability to end homelessness. 12 If legislation is ...

Supreme Court gives cities in California and beyond more power to ...

It will have major ramifications for how California leaders and law enforcement handle homeless encampments. Now it's up to western cities to ...

The Role of Courts in Addressing the Homelessness Crisis

Despite these countless public, private, local, state, and national causes, the burden of policing homelessness has largely been placed on ...

These cities are finding new ways to lead on homelessness

As homelessness reaches troubling heights in cities around the world, local leaders see a need to uncover new solutions.

How High Court Ruling Is Shaping Homelessness Policies

The court emphasized that local governments have "broad power" over the ... resources, to address encampments with both urgency and ...

What a big new Supreme Court decision could mean for homeless ...

Friday's ruling has huge implications for cities and people experiencing homelessness nationwide. It strikes a fatal blow to two Ninth Circuit ...

How Communities are Building Systems to Reduce and End ...

In many regards, it was a tremendous success. Communities had increased housing placement rates for individuals experiencing chronic ...