Housing Not Handcuffs

East Lansing City Council Defers Action on Measures Critics Say Would Criminalize Homelessness - East Lansing Info A months-long discussion on proposed bans to public camping and loitering in parking areas will continue when the ordinances return to City Council next month.

GOOD NEWS: East Lansing has postponed voting on bills that would make it a crime to be homeless. Community members made their voices heard, pointing out how the rules would actually continue cycles of poverty and prevent people from getting housed. eastlansinginfo.news/east-lansing...

California police are far more likely to use force against homeless residents, new data shows While most drivers are stopped because over traffic violations, 64.8% of the stops of homeless residents were based on “reasonable suspicion” — a less-demanding standard.

“I have seen many times police roll up on a homeless person and the first thing they do is pull out a gun. We should not be responding to homelessness with guns, but with housing," said Jesse Rabinowitz of the Law Center. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Pittsfield Health Board Advises Outreach Program PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Board of Health is advising against a public camping ordinance. Instead, it recommends an alternative community response program that connects unhoused...

Officials in Pittsfield, MA are standing up for homeless residents. The Board of Health is advising AGAINST bans on sleeping outside--instead, it recommends a community response program that actually connects individuals with resources. #HousingNotHandcuffs.

‘Housing not handcuffs’: National advocacy groups take aim at Utah’s homeless campus • Utah News Dispatch National homelessness advocates and Democratic members of Congress aimed criticisms in a new campaign called “Housing Not Handcuffs.”

Utah is trying to build a massive, taxpayer-funded detention camp. "Why should you care about this, even if you don’t live in Utah? Well it’s because this proposal is kind of a test, and they want to take it and export it to states across the nation," - Rep. Maxwell Frost

Utah wants to take funding away from programs that solve homelessness and instead build a government-run, taxpayer-funded detention camp. The real solution to homelessness is housing and healthcare—not handcuffs and detention camps. Take action to reject homeless detention camps: buff.ly/z1AgpAL

ICE Raid Resources - Housing Not Handcuffs View ICE raids resources, including what to do before, during, and after a raid, know your rights materials, messaging guidance and more.

Much of our anti-ICE resources can be applied not just to homeless service providers, but also businesses & workplaces. As ICE & the Trump admin continue to terrorize communities, we will continue doing everything we can to help protect & defend our neighbors. housingnothandcuffs.org/iceraidresou...

This Baltimore housing project is trying to prove Trump wrong on homelessness As the president tries to reshape the nation’s policy toward homelessness, a new 42-unit Baltimore project, Sojourner Place at Park, is symbolic of a different approach.

“We know that punishment of unhoused people is wrong, is inhumane, and is ineffective,” she said. “Permanent housing, and only permanent housing, is the solution to homelessness, not forced drug treatment, not involuntary mental health care, and not defunding affordable housing.”

The proven solutions to homelessness are obviously housing and healthcare, but Utah is trying to take money away from those very solutions to build a massive, remote, government-run detention camp. Urge your reps to reject federal funding for homeless detention camps: bit.ly/nodetentionc...

No Federal Funds for Homeless Detention Camps - Housing Not Handcuffs National Organizing Call Housing Not Handcuffs hosted a National Organizing Call to launch a new campaign: No Federal Funds for Homeless Detention Camps. We heard from and strategized with folks on the ground in Utah, as…

Last week's National Organizing Call to reject homeless detention camps is now available to watch. We heard from and strategized with Reps Delia Ramirez and Maxwell Frost, as well as leaders in immigrant rights, mental health, and legal advocacy. buff.ly/ClZfcgU

Reject Homeless Detention Camps Take action to reject homeless detention camps. We've seen this before, and we still have the power to stop it.

The rent is too damn high. Utah’s solution, inspired by Trump, is to force homeless people into a government-run detention camp. We’ve seen this before. We can’t let it happen again.

Urge your reps to reject federal funding for homeless detention camps: buff.ly/z1AgpAL

We shouldn’t have to say out loud that throwing people in detention camps is never okay, but that’s what Utah and Trump are trying to do. We can still stop Utah’s proposed homeless detention camp. Take action today: bit.ly/nodetentionc...

Join us online on January 29th to:
- Learn about the proposal for a homeless detention camp in Utah from folks on the ground
- Hear from leaders in immigrant rights, mental health, and legal advocacy
- Strategize to stop this and any other future detention camp proposals

We hope to see you there!

We're excited to share that @repdeliaramirez and @repmaxwellfrost will speak at our national organizing call this Thursday. Join the call: bit.ly/hnhnationalc...

We’ve seen this before. Detention camps + forced treatment are not solutions to homelessness, or anything. We need #HousingNotHandcuffs.

A Tech Bro Think Tank Is Trying to Roll Back Evidence-Based Homelessness Policy Housing First policies are being replaced with punitive reforms that could push 170,000 people back into homelessness.

Billionaires are the LAST people who should be shaping homelessness policy. They don't know what it's like to have to choose between feeding their family or paying rent. The Cicero Institute's attacks on evidence-based housing policies has only made things worse.

We’ve seen this before — and it never ends well. Detention camps + forced treatment are not solutions to homelessness. Housing and healthcare are. Join us on January 29th to hear from advocates on the ground in Utah and learn how you can take action with us. Register here: buff.ly/X0wFVRP

5,100 homeless people hiding but still living in D.C. WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River.

Since Trump deployed the National Guard in DC to raid homeless encampments, service providers have faced enormous difficulty finding clients.

"Now there are people with guns and flashing lights dislocating folks, just throwing stuff away,” @jessrbnwtz buff.ly/DVnRT9Y

ICE abducted 4 homeless Indigenous people in Minneapolis and put them in a detention camp.

Trump's obsession with throwing people in detention camps is a threat to all of us. What starts with homeless people, migrants, & Native Americans won't stop there. buff.ly/7avRWMc

Opinion: How Mayor-elect Mamdani Can Achieve a Human Right to Housing "New Yorkers, and Mayor-Elect Mamdani in particular, have an open window of opportunity to fundamentally shift the city from maintaining the status quo between the haves and have-nots to actively…

With housing affordability as the linchpin of his platform—and half of all New York City renters rent-burdened—Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has an opportunity to make right what decades of leaders could not.

OpEd by Siya Hegde of the Law Center:

ICE Raid Resources - Housing Not Handcuffs View ICE raids resources, including what to do before, during, and after a raid, know your rights materials, messaging guidance and more.

As ICE and the Trump admin continue to terrorize communities across the country, we will continue doing everything we can to help protect and defend our homeless neighbors.

Find our comprehensive anti-ICE resource hub here:

ACTION ALERT: Tomorrow (9/10), Congress will discuss a bill that would put people in jail or fine them $500 for sleeping outside in DC.

Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163

In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC

Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected today Advocates in D.C. expect the Trump administration to begin the illegal and inhumane jailing and institutionalization of homeless Washingtonians this morning at 10 A.M. The White House stated in…

UPDATE: Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected to begin this morning at 10 AM with federal and local police throwing away tents at 62 encampments; arrests are expected to begin at nightfall to avoid media attention.https://buff.ly/gRAsxWS

Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live. The Safer Kentucky Act Is Making Homelessness Worse. Across America, new laws are punishing homeless people simply for existing.

Fined. Arrested. Still nowhere to live.

A new documentary by @invisiblepeople.tv spotlights how all across the US, elected officials are making homelessness worse by wasting lives and taxpayer dollars on failed policies. We need housing and support, not handcuffs. buff.ly/sGLK3Yl

NEW REPORT: 320+ bills targeting homeless people introduced since Grants Pass ruling Housing Not Handcuffs One year ago today, the Supreme Court decided to make homelessness worse. They ruled in the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass that people can be arrested and ticketed for sleeping outside, even when…

One year ago today, the Supreme Court ruled that people can be arrested and ticketed for experiencing homelessness. Since then, 320+ bills that make it a crime to be homeless have been introduced. These bills only make homelessness worse. Full report:

Rep. Jayapal and Rep. Frost Introduce the Housing Not Handcuffs Act YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal

HAPPENING NOW: The Housing Not Handcuffs Act is being introduced by Reps. Jayapal and Frost!

Tune into the live press conference where we're demanding real solutions to homelessness: housing and support, not arrests or tickets. www.youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J...

TODAY at 3:30 EST: Tune into the introduction of the #HousingNotHandcuffs Act with Reps. Jayapal and Frost, along with our partners at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and Miriam's Kitchen: buff.ly/DnkXmF4

Housing not Handcuffs Bill Introduction + Press Conference Join Congressmembers Jayapal and Frost, along with the National Homelessness Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Alliance to End Homelessness,...

We are so thrilled and honored to share that on Thursday, the #HousingNotHandcuffs Act will be introduced in Congress to help solve homelessness by ending its criminalization federally.

Learn more and join us in DC on Thursday: www.votervoice.net/NHLC/Events/...

BIG NEWS! The #HousingNotHandcuffs Act is coming to Congress! On 6/26, @repjayapal & @repmaxwellfrost will introduce #HNH to help solve homelessness with real solutions: housing and support, NOT arrests or fines.

RSVP to the rally and press conference: buff.ly/fnyIIIi

TODAY: Join us at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST to reflect on the year since #JohnsonVGrantsPass.

Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.

Most people are closer to becoming homeless than to becoming a billionaire like Elon Musk.

60% can't afford the basic costs of living.

Meanwhile, politicians are giving handouts to the ultra-wealthy & handcuffs to poor people. We will never arrest our way out of homelessness. buff.ly/6y7trQU

Billionaires get handouts. Homeless people get handcuffs. Make it make sense. #HousingNotHandcuffs.