Earlier this week I stood with National Homelessness Law Center in front of #SCOTUS in the fight for safe housing.

SCOTUS should affirm the dignity and protection of the homeless so that every human being is treated with inherent worth and dignity, including and especially the poor.

“When you fine the very poorest, most vulnerable people in our society, when you jail them, you are actually compounding & perpetuating the underlying problems that can lead to homelessness.” - Shaun Donovan, Alliance board member & Enterprise Community Partners CEO:
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➡️ TAKE ACTION: Congress is beginning decisions on how much funding they will provide to homelessness and housing programs next year.

📩 Contact your Representative: buff.ly/3Uy3MmB
📩 Contact your Senators: buff.ly/4aLsbee

Workers who serve people on the streets are ones who have the fewest resources – both for their clients AND themselves.

New analysis from the Alliance's Homelessness Research Institute takes a closer look: buff.ly/4b8Frte

Coordinated entry is designed to quickly identify, assess, refer, and connect people in crisis to housing and assistance – no matter where they show up to ask for help.

Here's how it can pave the way for more efficient homeless systems: buff.ly/3w9q0lA

When viewed side-by-side, community investments in homeless services are a far superior approach when compared to punitive approaches like arrests, tickets, or fines.
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“Punishing people – criminalizing resting, lying down, or sleeping in public – is a political response rather than a strategic response,' says Ann Marie Oliva.

'It does nothing to actually help unhoused people.” buff.ly/4a1qacU

Research shows that the solution to homelessness is creating more affordable housing, not criminalization. As we wait for a ruling on the City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson case, check out NAEH's brief comparing criminalization to increased investment in support services.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️The Alliance joins True Colors United today to celebrate #TrueColorsDay , a day of advocacy to prevent & end LGBTQ+ homelessness among youth, and promote housing for all. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Learn more: truecolorsunited.org/truecolorsday/

🗣️ Registration is now open for #NAEH2024 ! Don't delay - slots are filling up quickly: endhomelessness.org/events/confere…

NEW: Analysis from the Alliance's Homelessness Research Institute compares how data-backed solutions to homelessness compare in effectiveness to punitive approaches (tickets, fines, arrests, etc.), in light of #JohnsonVGrantsPass .
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This. The whole thread is good, but this.

“Homelessness has become a much more visible problem. Elected officials are being publicly pressured to be seen as doing something about the problem,” says Ann Marie Oliva.

“What we’re seeing is political rather than strategic reactions.'
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“The first thing for folks who aren’t in this field — or understanding the nuances of this case — to understand is that nobody wants a country where people are forced to sleep outside,” said Ann Marie Oliva.

Across the country, hundreds of thousands of our neighbors are being pushed out of homes and onto the street.

This isn’t simply their choice; it’s the result of policy choices by elected leaders.

Justice Elena Kagan: 'For a homeless person who has no place to go, sleeping in public is kind of like breathing in public.'

How to solve homelessness:

✅Create & preserve affordable housing
✅Fund rental & homelessness assistance programs
✅Accessible healthcare

“These things happened just a few years ago for the pandemic—our government made it happen. It is a choice.”…

After today's oral arguments, #SCOTUS will decide whether or not to punish people experiencing homelessness instead of helping them. In Grants Pass, OR, fines target those without shelter.

People need housing & services—not punitive measures.

Read: endhomelessness.org/media/press-re…

Helen Cruz, who has experienced homelessness in Grants Pass, OR:

“Housing IS the only solution.”

#SCOTUS #JohnsonVGrantsPass

“Our leaders need to support what is proven to work, rather than revert to failed policies of the past. Safe and affordable housing is a win for everyone because it makes us stronger- and communities will support leaders who fight for it.” - Ann Marie Oliva at #SCOTUS