Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the case of Grants Pass v Johnson, what’s next? This post is the third in a four-part series about post-decision developments.
It is clear from the article linked below that the Grants Pass case is one among several paths that advocates are pursuing to improve the treatment of people who are homeless and ultimately to end homelessness.
The article starts with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Grants Pass case and what it means on the ground. As the article’s author Roshan Abraham1, discusses, for many people who are homeless, the Grants pass decision won’t make much difference: tent clearances were common even before the judgement was issued.
Abraham reports on additional aspirational work by legislators and advocates. For example:
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- The group of Senators in Pennsylvania, who are working on draft legislation to decriminalize homelessness and provide adequate services to people who are unsheltered.
- The National Homelessness Law Center, which has drafted model legislation that supports state level initiatives that would give people who are homeless more opportunities to move to permanent housing.
- The National Coalition for the Homeless, which is working with other advocacy groups to build a coalition of support for national legislation to end homelessness.
Abraham’s article is posted at Shelterforce: The Fight Continues Against Criminalization of Homelessness
