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UPDATE: New bills criminalizing homelessness have been passed in multiple states.
This summer, SCOTUS will decide if throwing people in jail for being homeless violates the constitution. #JohnsonVGrantsPass
View our criminalization tracker here: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-threa…
This summer, SCOTUS will decide if throwing people in jail for being homeless violates the constitution. #JohnsonVGrantsPass
View our criminalization tracker here: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-threa…
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ACTION ALERT: Tomorrow (9/10), Congress will discuss a bill that would put people in jail or fine them $500 for sleeping outside in DC.
Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163
In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163
In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
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NEW: Now more than ever, we must stay grounded in our vision for a better world, where all people have the housing and support needed to thrive. With that in mind, we’ve added two new tracking maps: Defeated Bills and Positive Policies. Learn more: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/03/18/map…
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
The only answer to being asked if you support forcing homeless people into gov't run detention camps is "no"
Yet that is not the answer that Trump's nominee to lead HUD gave @TinaSmithMN.
Link below to take action to stop his nomination.
Yet that is not the answer that Trump's nominee to lead HUD gave @TinaSmithMN.
Link below to take action to stop his nomination.
Bipartisan vibe deteriorating around HUD nominee Scott Turner. Sen. Smith (D-Minn.) is a "no" on floor vote, according to a person familiar.
Smith was on the fence and had a good meeting w/ Turner. But she was not happy with his written response to Qs, esp on homelessness >>>
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
When we say encampment evictions are violent and dangerous, this is what we mean.
A homeless man in Georgia was killed by the government the day before MLK's birthday in front of MLK's church.
There is another way. We need housing, not handcuffs.
atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/16/unh…
A homeless man in Georgia was killed by the government the day before MLK's birthday in front of MLK's church.
There is another way. We need housing, not handcuffs.
atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/01/16/unh…
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More than 10,000 expensive, traumatizing sweeps have happened in NYC since @NYCMayor took office, and yet homelessness just keeps getting worse.
Facts are facts. Sweeps don't work. The city must abolish all policies criminalizing homelessness and invest in #HousingNotHandcuffs.
Facts are facts. Sweeps don't work. The city must abolish all policies criminalizing homelessness and invest in #HousingNotHandcuffs.
BREAKING: We’re suing the Eric Adams admin @NYCMayor to end the City’s cruel and unlawful homeless sweeps.
The only way to reduce homelessness and increase public safety is to ensure all people are safely housed. Full statement: homelesslaw.org/adamslawsuit/
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
TOMORROW, 10/22: Join us for the @HNHCampaign National Organizing Call! We will discuss policy efforts in the aftermath of #JohnsonVGrantsPass, and hear from organizers fighting (and winning!) against backward anti-homeless laws.
Register here: bit.ly/hnhnational
Register here: bit.ly/hnhnational
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Helen Cruz is an advocate for the unhoused community in Grants Pass, Oregon, and needs support to secure stable housing, as conditions have rapidly deteriorated following #JohnsonVGrantsPass.
Please share the gofundme and help support Helen and her work: gofundme.com/f/support-hele…
Please share the gofundme and help support Helen and her work: gofundme.com/f/support-hele…
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"To combat the criminalization of homelessness and poverty, our movement calls for an urgent, federal anti-criminalization agenda with racial equity and anti-discrimination mandates at the forefront of advancing the human right to housing." -
@SiyaHegde #HousingNotHandcuffs
@SiyaHegde #HousingNotHandcuffs
How can we solve homelessness?
"This admin must redirect funds and resources from carceral responses and prioritize access to affordable, safe, inclusive housing with compassionate voluntary support services." -@SiyaHegde NHLC Attorney testifying at the White House yesterday.
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Thank you to @SenatorMuth @SenatorSaval @RepIzzy for organizing today's hearing, "Serving the Homeless in the Wake of Grants Pass" where @EricTars discussed how our template legislation can help cities fight homelessness criminalization.
Full testimony: loom.ly/4sSzNF4
Full testimony: loom.ly/4sSzNF4
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Learn more about the Gloria Johnson Template Legislation, which we designed to help states and municipalities correct the harm done by the Supreme Court in #JohnsonVGrantsPass: housingnothandcuffs.org/gloria-johnson…
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
TOMORROW: "What the Grants Pass Decision Means for People with Disabilities," a discussion with @DREDF and @BazelonCenter, featuring NHLC staff attorney @SiyaHegde
Register here: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Register here: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Join us, @DREDF and @bazeloncenter for an essential discussion on the impacts of #JohnsonVGrantsPass on people with disabilities. We'll review disability-related briefs, critique the role of law enforcement in responses to homelessness, & more.
Register: loom.ly/2JeUGj4
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Stop the Sweeps.
Care not Cops.
Dignity Not Detention.
Housing Not Handcuffs.
Housing Justice for All.
@VOCALNewYork @winnyc_org @housingworks @SafetyNetUJC @LegalAidNYC @NYHomeless @homeless_law @nycpa 🫶🏼✊🏼🔥
Care not Cops.
Dignity Not Detention.
Housing Not Handcuffs.
Housing Justice for All.
@VOCALNewYork @winnyc_org @housingworks @SafetyNetUJC @LegalAidNYC @NYHomeless @homeless_law @nycpa 🫶🏼✊🏼🔥
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"We decline to accept. On stolen land, we will not be swept. We demand Black & Indigenous #landback, reparations for poor peoples who are treated like we are trash."
- @poormagazine on #JohnsonVGrantsPass & the criminalization of homelessness
- @poormagazine on #JohnsonVGrantsPass & the criminalization of homelessness
📣 New Podcast! "Grants Pass -we poor folks decline to accept" on @spreaker #constitutional #eighth_amendment #grants_pass #homelessness #lisatinygraygarcia #poverty #supreme_court spreaker.com/episode/grants…
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Thrilled to share my latest #lawreview article, published in Vol. 21, Issue 2 of the Indiana Health Law Review:
"With Liberty and Justice for ALL: The Case for Decriminalizing Homelessness and Mental Health in America"
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law-r…
#abolition #law #decriminalize
"With Liberty and Justice for ALL: The Case for Decriminalizing Homelessness and Mental Health in America"
mckinneylaw.iu.edu/practice/law-r…
#abolition #law #decriminalize
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Thank you to everyone who joined us for yesterday's #JohnsonVGrantsPass Mass Organizing Call. The recording is now available to watch on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=DijSyh…
youtube.com/watch?v=DijSyh…
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TOMORROW: Join us at 1 PM ET on Monday to discuss the impacts of the recent, inhumane SCOTUS ruling and where we go from here.
Space is filling up fast, so register ASAP!
And remember, housing solves homelessness. Jails and fines make homelessness worse.
Space is filling up fast, so register ASAP!
And remember, housing solves homelessness. Jails and fines make homelessness worse.
Thousands of homelessness & housing advocates have rallied around #JohnsonVGrantsPass. Despite yesterday's inhumane ruling, we must move forward and tap into the collective power we've shared.
Join us on 7/1 for a mass post-decision organizing call: bit.ly/grantspasswebi…
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
In America, centuries of intentional policies have pushed Black people, Indigenous people, and other people of color into homelessness at disproportionate rates. Achieving housing justice cannot be achieved without achieving racial justice.
BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling will make homelessness worse, declares homeless people not protected from cruel and unusual punishment. In response, advocates demand at least $356 billion to be invested in proven solutions. #JohnsonVGrantsPass
Statement: loom.ly/fKP0oIo
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Housing Not Handcuffs retweeted
Another day has come and gone without a decision in #JohnsonVGrantsPass.
June 28 is the last scheduled opinion day of the year, with 6-7 opinions remaining. It's possible SCOTUS will announce more days for next week.
Stay informed with @HNHCampaign: housingnothandcuffs.org/join/
June 28 is the last scheduled opinion day of the year, with 6-7 opinions remaining. It's possible SCOTUS will announce more days for next week.
Stay informed with @HNHCampaign: housingnothandcuffs.org/join/
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