For Immediate Release From NHLC!
We’ve got some exciting news to share. The National Homelessness Law Center has a new “home.” Our new mailing address is:
1400 16th Street, NW
Suite 425
Washington, DC 20036
Please take a moment to update our mailing address for your records.
I wanted to also take this opportunity to thank you for being a part of our important work to ensure that unhoused Americans have a home, shelter, and aren’t penalized for being unhoused.
States across the country are bringing legislative and legal challenges that would harm the safety of unhoused adults, children, and families. Thanks to you, we are fighting back. In April, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about a pivotal case, Johnson v. Grants Pass, that will decide whether cities can punish people for things like sleeping outside with a pillow or blanket, even when there are no safe shelter options.
To learn more about this case and what it means for our unhoused neighbors, click here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/W... Please follow us on our socials @homeless_law and if you have any questions, contact our Development Associate, Hailey Aldrich, at haldrich@homelesslaw.org. We are grateful for your support as the Law Center takes this next step!
Click here to support our work:
https://homelesslaw.org/ Thank you,
Antonia Fasanelli, Executive Director
National Homelessness Law Center
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WHAT: Johnson v. Grants Pass Webinar
On January 12th, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that they would hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass. This sets the stage for the most significant Supreme Court case about homelessness criminalization and the rights of homeless people in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things like sleeping outside with a pillow or blanket, even when there are no safe shelter options.
Johnson v. Grants Pass is a court case originally filed in 2018 that determined it is cruel and unusual punishment to arrest or ticket people for sleeping outside when they have no other safe place to go.
The case started in Grants Pass, Oregon when the city began issuing tickets for people sleeping on public property, even when there were not enough safe, accessible shelter beds.
Grants Pass, like many cities in America, is thousands of housing units short of what is needed. That shortfall will not be solved by putting more people in jail or issuing more tickets. The solution to homelessness is safe, decent, and affordable housing for everybody.
Learn more HERE!:
https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/ WHEN: February 15, 2024
TIME: 2:00 p.m., EST
HOW: REGISTER NOW:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/W... THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! TENKI FA SUPPORT!
Posted By: agnes levine
Thursday, February 8th 2024 at 2:04PM
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