During the Johnson v. Grants Pass Supreme Court case, the city was the subject of intense national focus. After the court effectively made it a crime to sleep outside in America, people stopped paying attention.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country into law. HB 211 will make it a crime to sleep outside in Louisiana, punishing homeless people with extreme fines and draconian jail sentences, while also setting the stage for forced treatment and even forced labor.
Last week, we turned up the heat on the Cicero Institute! Together, we confronted the billionaire-backed think tank at the center of the federal efforts to defund affordable housing and the nationwide increase in laws that make it a crime to be homeless.
Are the Cicero Institute’s backers profiting from the anti-homeless laws they advocate for? Findings raise questions about venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale’s profit motives behind his Trump-advising Cicero Institute.
Working class rights, labor rights, and homeless rights are all intertwined. Download these signs to demonstrate solidarity with homeless folks for May Day.
Two years ago today, hundreds of advocates, organizers, and individuals rallied in front of the Supreme Court to demand Housing Not Handcuffs. While we were taking action, SCOTUS heard the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass, the most impactful case about homelessness in decades.