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28 07, 2020

HUD Rules Promote Discrimination, Undermine Equality

2020-07-28T10:47:48-05:00

HUD Rules Promote Discrimination, Undermine Equality FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karianna Barr Director of Development & Communications 202-638-2535 kbarr@nlchp.org Gutting Racial Housing Discrimination Accountability at the State Level (July 28, 2020, Washington, D.C.) – Late last week, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced two rule changes to undo previous anti-discrimination rules for housing and homeless shelters. The new rules contravene HUD’s mission to create suitable living environments for all Americans and would allow discrimination—backed by HUD funding—to proceed. After months of the Trump Administration undermining the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation, HUD circumvented the usual notice and comment rulemaking process; on July 24, [...]

HUD Rules Promote Discrimination, Undermine Equality2020-07-28T10:47:48-05:00
13 02, 2020

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling

2020-02-13T09:46:33-05:00

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling City of Montgomery Issued over 400 Citations in Last 18 Months Enforcing Laws in Violation of First Amendment  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Karianna Barr/NLCHP/ kbarr@nlchp.org/ 202-638-2535 x118 Jen Fuson/SPLC/jen.fuson@splcenter.org / 202-834-6209 Rebecca Seung-Bickley /Alabama ACLU/rseungbickley@aclualabama.org/334-420-1743 Montgomery, Ala.— Alabama’s panhandling laws violate the First Amendment’s protection of freedom of speech, according to a lawsuit filed today seeking to immediately stop the city of Montgomery and Alabama from enforcing two state statutes prohibiting panhandling.  The current laws make it unlawful for anyone to [...]

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Alabama’s Laws Criminalizing Panhandling2020-02-13T09:46:33-05:00
5 02, 2020

2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness

2020-03-13T21:38:35-05:00

2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness Each year, True Colors United and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty collaborate to research, analyze, and publish an annual State Index on Youth Homelessness (the Index) that measures, scores and reports on the systems, environment, and laws of all states as they relate to preventing and ending youth homelessness. The Index paints a broad picture of where states currently stand in these categories and how they can collectively and individually improve their measures to end and prevent youth homelessness. The Index also provides an assessment of all [...]

2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness2020-03-13T21:38:35-05:00
5 02, 2020

2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness

2020-03-13T21:40:24-05:00

2019 State Index Report on Youth Homelessness Shows Progress FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crys Letona Communications Associate 202-638-2535 cletona@nlchp.org (February 5, 2020, Washington, DC) – The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (Law Center) and True Colors United are excited to announce the release of the 2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness. This is the second consecutive year that these two organizations have come together to evaluate all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness. The 2019 State Index on [...]

2019 State Index on Youth Homelessness2020-03-13T21:40:24-05:00
16 12, 2019

Supreme Court Lets Martin v. Boise Stand

2020-05-06T21:43:04-05:00

Supreme Court Lets Martin v. Boise Stand: Homeless Persons Cannot Be Punished for Sleeping in Absence of Alternatives FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Crys Letona Communications Associate cletona@nlchp.org (December 16, 2019, Washington, DC) – This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by the city of Boise to review the case Martin v. Boise (formerly Bell v. Boise). This leaves in place earlier rulings by the 9th Circuit that homeless persons cannot be punished for sleeping outside on public property in the absence of adequate alternatives. People experiencing unsheltered homelessness—at least in [...]

Supreme Court Lets Martin v. Boise Stand2020-05-06T21:43:04-05:00
10 12, 2019

Housing Not Handcuffs 2019

2020-01-15T15:25:12-05:00

Housing Not Handcuffs 2019 Housing is a human right. While three-quarters of Americans agree that housing is a human right, and an increasing number of elected officials are addressing it as such, our country has not put in place the policies to ensure that right, and as a consequence, millions of Americans experience homelessness in a national crisis that gets worse each year. Many people experiencing homelessness have no choice but to live outside, yet cities routinely punish or harass unhoused people for their presence in public places. Nationwide, people without housing are ticketed, arrested, [...]

Housing Not Handcuffs 20192020-01-15T15:25:12-05:00
4 12, 2019

Statement on Appointment of Robert Marbut as Executive Director of USICH

2019-12-10T19:30:00-05:00

Statement on Appointment of Robert Marbut as Executive Director of USICH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karianna Barr Director of Development & Communications 202-638-2535 kbarr@nlchp.org (December 4, 2019, Washington, DC)—Yesterday, it was announced that Robert Marbut would be named as the Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), a position recently left open by the ousting of Matthew Doherty. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty looks forward to continuing to work with this esteemed group under new leadership, and we also hope to see the [...]

Statement on Appointment of Robert Marbut as Executive Director of USICH2019-12-10T19:30:00-05:00
22 11, 2019

White House Policy on Homelessness Based on Politics, Not Public Safety or Health

2019-12-03T18:39:40-05:00

White House Policy on Homelessness Based on Politics, Not Public Safety or Health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karianna Barr Director of Development & Communications 202-638-2535 kbarr@nlchp.org (November 22, 2019, Washington, DC)—Last Friday, the White House removed the Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), Matthew Doherty, raising concerns that it plans to move forward with a political, rather than evidence-based, strategy to addressing homelessness in California and across the country. Doherty’s forced departure comes months after the Council of Economic Advisors released a white paper that ignores [...]

White House Policy on Homelessness Based on Politics, Not Public Safety or Health2019-12-03T18:39:40-05:00
18 11, 2019

DC Homeless Youth Handbook

2021-01-21T14:44:47-05:00

Washington DC Homeless Youth Handbook, 2019 The Homeless Youth Handbook is a guide for homeless youth with information about your rights, responsibilities, and resources in every major aspect of your life. Each Handbook is created based upon State specific law – look for the Handbook for the State you live in for additional help and information. View the full resource here or download it here.

DC Homeless Youth Handbook2021-01-21T14:44:47-05:00
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