Laws or measures that criminalize homelessness can violate homeless persons rights and are not an effective way to address the issue of homelessness. The below fact sheets provide information about what kinds of measures may violate homeless persons' rights and alternative approaches to homelessness.
| Criminalization |
Recognizing and Responding to Civil Rights Violations
This NLCHP fact sheet provides examples of measures that could violate homeless persons' constitutional rights. |
Do Criminalization Efforts Work
This NLCHP fact sheet provides examples of criminalization measures. It highlights policy problems with such measures, including the high cost of this approach. It also highlights legal problems with criminalization measures and some alternative approaches to homelessness that do not involve penalizing homeless individuals. |
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