Tag: homelessness
The Sex Offender Registry Changed How I See Homelessness
In 2020, after 10 years in prison, I was getting ready to come home—I ...
Protests as Cicero Institute Launches Homelessness Policy Summit
On June 5 right-wing think tank the Cicero Institute held its first-ever homelessness policy ...
Louisiana “Homelessness Court” Would Offer Treatment, Forced Labor
On April 28, a Louisiana Senate committee advanced a homelessness criminalization bill brightly titled ...
Lack of Public Bathrooms Makes Cities More Hostile
Back in February, a woman shared a tale of urban woe on social media. ...
DOJ, VA to Take Legal Guardianship of Unhoused Veterans for “Ongoing Care”
On March 11, the Department of Justice and the Department of Veterans Affairs jointly ...
Mortality Rate for LA’s Unhoused Residents Drops for the First Time
For the first time in the decade that the Los Angeles County Department of ...
Impending Parks Ban Looms Over Phoenix Harm Reduction Efforts
A looming ban on harm reduction services in public parks in Phoenix has just ...
Oklahoma Bill Proposes Reimbursing Homeowners for Nearby Homelessness
Oklahoma Senator Julie Daniels (R) has proposed legislation that would allow certain residents in ...
Twenty States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts to Housing-First Grants
A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Department of Housing and Urban ...
Harm Reduction Outreach Needs to Get Comfortable With Booty-Bumping
A few years back I had an outreach-based job doing hepatitis C testing and ...
