Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?
by Lindsay Whitehurst
Apr 20, 2024
3 minutes
The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live.
The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
A political cross section of officials in the West and , home to nearly one-third of the nation's homeless population, argue those decisions have restricted them from “common sense” measures intended to
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