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Oregon city that tried to ban homeless encampments agrees to ensure 150 camping spaces

Grants Pass reaches settlement with advocacy group that accused it of discriminating against people with disabilities

The Guardian - US

Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling to ensure camping spaces under settlement

The Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court homelessness ruling has agreed to ensure camping spaces for at least 150 people as part of a settlement with an advocacy group

The Independent UK

Oregon city at heart of high court homelessness ruling blocked from enforcing camping ban

An Oregon judge has blocked the city at the heart of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homelessness from enforcing its camping ban unless it meets certain conditions

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Oregon judge pauses camping ban enforcement in city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling

An Oregon judge has ordered the city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court homelessness ruling to pause enforcement of its camping rules for 14 days

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Oregon City Faces Lawsuit Over Homeless Camping Rules

Lawsuit filed against Grants Pass, Oregon, for discriminatory camping rules affecting homeless individuals, particularly those with disabilities.

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Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments

A small Oregon city is facing a fresh lawsuit over its homeless camping rules

The Independent UK

New lawsuit hits Oregon city at heart of supreme court homeless camps ruling

Non-profit alleges Grants Pass shelters are inaccessible and that many have ‘no legal option for their continued survival’

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Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward

Homelessness is a rare issue in American politics that does not cut neatly along party or ideological lines. It can be hard to predict who will support or oppose measures to expand affordable housing and services for people without homes.

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Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas

The small Oregon city at the heart of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on outdoor sleeping bans has voted to prohibit camping but establish certain areas where homeless people can go

The Independent UK

Gorsuch Apes NIMBY Government Lies in Supreme Court's Grants Pass Decision

Plus: A disappointing first round of "Baby YIMBY" grant awards, President Joe Biden endorses rent control, and House Republicans propose cutting housing spending.

Reason

‘Terrifying and dystopian’: the dark realities of the supreme court’s homelessness decision

Sara Rankin, a law professor cited in Sotomayor’s dissent in the Oregon case, warns more cities will seek to banish the unhoused

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit cities from criminalizing sleeping outdoors.

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Supreme Court Rules That Punishing the Homeless for Sleeping Outside Isn't 'Cruel and Unusual'

Homeless advocates say the court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson gives local governments a blank check to "to arrest or fine those with no choice but to sleep outdoors."

Reason

Supreme Court says restrictions on homeless people not "cruel and unusual"

The high court sided with Grants Pass, which enforces a 24/7 ban on outdoor camping.

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Supreme Court upholds Oregon city law targeting homeless - Roll Call

The 6-3 decision said the Grants Pass law did not violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition on “cruel and unusual punishment."

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Spikes, seat dividers, even ‘Baby Shark’ − camping bans like the one under review at SCOTUS are part of broader strategies that push out homeless people

Should cities be allowed to outlaw sleeping in public, even when there are no beds available in local shelters? This is what the U.S. Supreme Court will decide in its review of the case Grants Pass v. Johnson.

Roll Call

Supreme Court airs concerns over Oregon city's homelessness law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared hesitant Monday to draw sharp lines about when local governments can criminalize public camping.

The Guardian - US

‘Where are they supposed to sleep?’: US supreme court appears divided on key homelessness case

Justices consider constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outside as western states seek to address encampments

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Supreme Court appears to side with an Oregon city's crackdown on homelessness

Lower courts ruled it's "cruel and unusual" to fine or jail people on public land if no shelter is available. An Oregon city says that's hamstrung efforts to keep public spaces safe and open to all.

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Grants Pass Homelessness Crisis Sparks National Debate

Grants Pass, Oregon's homelessness crisis and legal battle over encampments draw national attention and spark debate on effective solutions.

WEKU

How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide

Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.

Reason

Zoning Board Orders Longtime Tenants' Homes Dismantled

Plus: the Supreme Court weighs housing fees and homelessness, YIMBYs bet on smaller, more focused reforms, and a new paper finds legalizing more housing does in fact bring costs down.

Los Angeles Times

9th Circuit conservatives blast homelessness ruling, say issue is 'paralyzing' US West

Some of the most powerful conservative judges in the United States took collective aim Wednesday at the idea that homeless people with nowhere else to go have a right to sleep in public, excoriating their liberal colleagues for ruling as much.

The Independent UK

Kidnapper leaves bloody trail in Oregon, hides under house

Police converged in force on the tiny, unincorporated community of Wolf Creek in southwest Oregon the night of Jan. 26 as they hunted for a suspect who was wanted for kidnapping and torturing a woman nearly to death

The Independent UK

Man suspected of kidnapping and torturing woman has been found dead

Benjamin Foster, 36, died in hospital after the standoff in Grants Pass, Oregon

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