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US Supreme Court Decision Undermines Right to Housing

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Police look into a tent at an encampment for unhoused people in Philadelphia, May 8, 2024. © 2024 Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP The United States Supreme Court decision last month in Grants Pass v. Johnson gives local governments across the country the authority to ticket, arrest, and punish unhoused people for simply existing in public spaces. The ruling undermines the right to adequate housing in the US; it is also profoundly cruel and risks an increase in ineffective criminalization.In its ruling, the Court overturned decisions by the US Court…

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