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OKLAHOMA CITY — A national push to criminalize homelessness is impacting the state as cities and lawmakers introduce policies aimed at regulating encampments and other support for unhoused Oklahomans, legal

OKLAHOMA CITY — A national push to criminalize homelessness is impacting the state as cities and lawmakers introduce policies aimed at regulating encampments and other support for unhoused Oklahomans, legal

The Asheville Police Department continued its operation focused on crimes ranging from panhandling to trespassing involving unhoused individuals.

“I’m sick of watching my friends I’ve known at the park die on me,” said Wendy Coady, who described herself as the “queen” of Chapin Park, where people living homeless often gather.

If you hang around Brownsville City Hall long enough, you’ll start to hear councilors, the city administrator and even residents declare various laws, passed and proposed, unconstitutional.

SEATTLE — Five years ago, federal judges ruled it was "cruel and unusual" for cities to fine or arrest homeless people for sleeping outside when they had nowhere else to

As New York City pushes in court to suspend its unique 42-year-old right to shelter, citing the strain of the migrant crisis as the leading driver, concerns are growing about

As New York City pushes in court to suspend its unique 42-year-old right to shelter, citing the strain of the migrant crisis as the leading driver, concerns are growing about the possible effects such a shift would have on the city’s swelling homeless population, with some seeing other cities as cautionary tales. Experts and advocates are anxiously eyeing outcomes in cities including Los ...

The city wants to suspend its 42-year-old right to shelter because of the strain the migrant crisis has put on city resources. But many are worried what suspending the policy will do to homelessness in the area.

Johnson v. Grants Pass helped enshrine some protections for homeless people. Now groups from across the political spectrum want the Supreme Court to overturn it.