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The National Homelessness Law Center (the Law Center) uses the power of the law to prevent and solve homelessness.

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@homeless_law
National Homelessness Law Center
3 months
BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling will make homelessness worse, declares homeless people not protected from cruel and unusual punishment. In response, advocates demand at least $356 billion to be invested in proven solutions. #JohnsonVGrantsPass Statement:
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@homeless_law
National Homelessness Law Center
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📢 Registration is still Open: State of the Movement 2024 📢 🗓️ October 23-24, Life in Deep Ellum—2803 Taylor St Dallas, Texas 📍 In-Person Convening: @awayhomeamerica 🚨 Register NOW FREE– Space is limited! 🔗 []
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@homeless_law
National Homelessness Law Center
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The Law Center is thrilled to announce U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost as our 2024 Bruce F. Vento Award Recipient! Congressmember Frost has been a fierce advocate for unhoused Americans and compassionately shared how his struggle with homelessness and housing insecurity has
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@tracyrosenthal_
tracy rosenthal
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After seven years of organizing and a few more to write it all down, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis is 🚨OUT TODAY🚨from Haymarket Books
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@UMLawHRC
UM Law Human Rights
10 days
(1/2) "Housing is a human right. There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or in the shadow of that risk, while others cannot even imagine it.” - Jordan Flaherty, Floodlines: Community and Resistance.
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@HNHCampaign
Housing Not Handcuffs
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"To combat the criminalization of homelessness and poverty, our movement calls for an urgent, federal anti-criminalization agenda with racial equity and anti-discrimination mandates at the forefront of advancing the human right to housing." - @SiyaHegde #HousingNotHandcuffs
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@homeless_law
National Homelessness Law Center
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How can we solve homelessness? "This admin must redirect funds and resources from carceral responses and prioritize access to affordable, safe, inclusive housing with compassionate voluntary support services." - @SiyaHegde NHLC Attorney testifying at the White House yesterday.
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@homeless_law
National Homelessness Law Center
13 days
Last week, NHLC Senior Policy Director @EricTars testified before the PA Joint Dem. Policy Committee to ensure PA adopt the best, most effective policies on homelessness in the wake of the disastrous #JohnsonVGrantsPass ruling. Read the full testimony:
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@EricTars
Eric Tars
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We @homeless_law are proud to join this letter to @Cal_ICH together w/ @ACLUSoCal @sdicACLU @CSHInfo @Western_Center @InnerCityLaw @thepilp & Elder Law & Disability Rights Center. Cal ICH must stand against the racist, ablist impacts of @GavinNewsom 's EO.
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When the National Homelessness Law Center is saying it…
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