Headlines for May 20, 2025

Op-Ed: Stand up for SNAP before it’s too late

How to achieve state-mandated affordable housing requirements

NLIHC Joins Sign-On Letter Raising Alarm about HUD and FHFA Actions that Will Worsen the Fair and Affordable Housing Crisis

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From Progress to Punishment: Summit’s Ordinance Threatens to Criminalize Homelessness
By Shaun Moran and Matthew Hersh - May 6, 2025

Criminalization of homelessness has existed at the state level for centuries. Many anti-homeless laws are tied back to Victorian-era “vagrancy laws” and others to Jim Crow laws. With the 2024 Johnson v. Grants Pass decision, municipalities are greenlit to pass legislation that aims to punish people experiencing homelessness with arrest and fines at the expense of long-term housing solutions that address the underlying causes of homelessness.

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