
National Homelessness Law Center
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The National Homelessness Law Center is a team of attorneys and advocates dedicated to solving homelessness through policy advocacy, litigation, and education.
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https://homelesslaw.org 27-07-2009 15:54:55
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The Cicero Institute approach to homelessness ignores decades of research showing that criminalization is expensive, counterproductive, and deadly. In none of the 100 U.S. cities that criminalized homelessness did homelessness actually decrease. None. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…






Billionaires Cicero Institute are using copy-and-paste legislation to force homeless people into detention camps. A study revealed that these templates are used to push corporate billionaire agendas at the expense of voter interests and taxpayer dollars. buff.ly/1eGNq8P




The billionaires Cicero Institute trying to arrest and ticket homeless people won't admit this, but expanding housing programs has reduced homelessness in cities across the country, such as Raleigh, Newark, New Orleans & more. #HousingNotHandcuffs buff.ly/SH4tnCe


TODAY at 3:30 EST: Tune into the introduction of the #HousingNotHandcuffs Act with @repjayapal and @repmaxwellfrost along with our partners at ACLU @SPLcenter End Homelessness Miriam's Kitchen: youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J7p…




HAPPENING NOW: The Housing Not Handcuffs Act is being introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost! Tune into the live press conference where we're demanding real solutions to homelessness: housing and support, not arrests or tickets. youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J7p…

TAKE ACTION: Demand Congress pass #HousingNotHandcuffs! Today, Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost introduced the Housing Not Handcuffs Act to help solve homelessness with housing, not arrests or tickets. Demand your reps support the fight for housing: housingnothandcuffs.org/hnhact/


One year ago today, the Supreme Court ruled that people can be arrested and ticketed for experiencing homelessness. Since then, 320+ bills that make it a crime to be homeless have been introduced. These bills only make homelessness worse. Full report: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/06/27/new…

Join ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty and National Homelessness Law Center for an upcoming Office Hours session on July 15, from 3:30-5pm. Office Hours provides a space to ask common questions and get information regarding topics like access to education, youth shelter, housing. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
