by Noah Feldman In a defeat for advocates of the unhoused, the Supreme Court has rejected the argument that it is cruel and unusual punishment to outlaw sleeping outdoors in urban spaces. The 6-3 decision broke down along ideological lines, with the conservatives refusing to apply the ...
Public parks belong to the public, right? A billionaire can’t cordon off an acre of Golden Gate Park for his private party. But can a poor person — or anyone who claims they can’t afford a home — take over public spaces where children play and families experience nature? That is ...
by Robin Abcarian Last Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a small Oregon city can cite and prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to lay their heads. If the case reveals nothing else about the state of our ...
MORGANTOWN -- Wearing stickers with slogans like “Housing Not Handcuffs,” “No Housing No Peace” and “Poverty Is Not Criminal,” an overflow crowd showed up at Tuesday’s Morgantown City Council meeting intent on making the issues facing the city’s unhoused population council’s ...
KINGWOOD — Kingwood City Council members are giving the Police and Peers program a try. Tonya Helmick, a member of the program who was at the Tuesday evening meeting, will work alongside the Kingwood Police Department to help with drug and homeless problems. According to the West ...
Perhaps it’s a coincidence or perhaps it’s a synchronicity, but shortly after advocates spoke to Morgantown City Council about the possibility of “managed camps” for unsheltered people on city property, the Morgantown Riverfront Revitalization Task Force reported to council that ...