Homelessness charities say wave of new bills unfairly targets people without housing as social-services funding is cut
Numerous anti-homeless laws are being passed across the US as funding for social services is widely reduced, raising welfare concerns among advocates for the unhoused.
“We are absolutely hearing that law enforcement is using this new law that’s coming as reason to displace people already,” said Sarah Owsley, advocacy director for the non-profit Empower Missouri,A swath of people opposed the Republican-backed measure, including Parson’s appointed department of mental health director, Valerie Huhn,“When people experiencing homelessness have criminal justice histories, it is difficult to find housing,” wrote Huhn in a May 2022 letter to the governor’s budget...
Cities across the country have seen a backlash to attempts by officials to remove homeless encampments or limit where unhoused people can camp.
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