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奥础厂贬滨狈骋罢翱狈听鈥�听Today, the听U.S. Supreme Court in favor of the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, and set a precedent for criminalizing people who are experiencing homelessness. Originally filed in 2018, Johnson v. Grants Pass was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court as other states, including Georgia and Florida, have passed legislation that restricts sleeping or unauthorized 鈥渃amping鈥� on public property.

鈥淗omelessness is a humanitarian crisis, not a moral failing,鈥� said Kirsten Anderson,听deputy legal director for economic justice at the 澳彩开奖. 鈥淭he Supreme Court held that it is a crime to be homeless 鈥� at a moment in which housing is unaffordable for half the people in the country 鈥� proving that it continues to be out of touch with the American public. As a country, we must stop arresting, fining and jailing people for not having housing, and instead address the issues that are causing housing to be unaffordable.鈥�

The 澳彩开奖 submitted an听amicus brief听to the Supreme Court in support of the claims of the plaintiffs experiencing homelessness. The brief examines the problematic history behind vagrancy laws, which were used as a tool of economic and racial subjugation, particularly in the Deep South, and cited as justification in this case. In April, the 澳彩开奖 joined the National Homelessness Law Center鈥檚 coalition to rally in support of people experiencing homelessness as the Court heard oral arguments in the case.