On April 22, 2024 The U.S. Supreme Court heard Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson: A case that will determine whether the U.S. Constitution allows local governments to fine, arrest, and jail people for living outside when they have nowhere else to go. conta.cc/3UJWVqE

Yesterday, more than 500 tenants, organizers + advocates marched in Sacramento demanding real solutions and investments to address California's housing and homelessness crisis!
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Hey folks, the End Homelessness Conference in July opened up for scholarships endhomelessness.org/events/confere…. I encourage you to apply if you're homeless or formally homeless, especially if you have applied before, yet were not accepted. Starting this year, they have emphasized bringing…

Each year, a growing portion of your taxes is used to fund prisons and state-sanctioned violence. Providing housing and supportive services for people will always be the humane and cost-effective solution to homelessness. #HousingNotHandcuffs #JohnsonVGrantsPass

'We partnered with National Homelessness Law Center, a leader on the #GrantsPass case, which took a tactic of fining and ticketing people experiencing homelessness even when they town had no place for them to go.' Marisol Bello talks movement building at @HousingNarrative! bit.ly/3Qnls27

Banning, fining, and arresting human beings for sleeping in public places does nothing but repeat failed tactics of the past. The solution to our homeless issue is to give people a place to call home. A special shout-out to 7th Ward neighbor Alejandro, who attended the rally.

From stirring speeches to unforgettable images, these moments show what we can accomplish together as a movement to end homelessness. #HomelessnessIsSolvable #JohnsonVGrantsPass
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We're calling on lawmakers to support the #RightToHousing .

#ACA10 will recognize that every Californian has the fundamental human right to adequate housing.

Support this bill: action.aclu.org/send-message/c… #RightToHousing #ACLULobbyDay2024

This Monday, we joined National Homelessness Law Center on the steps of #SCOTUS to remind our leaders that two things will always be true:

1. Homelessness should never be criminalized.

2. Everyone deserves safe housing.

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.

Tori is homeless in Grants Pass. She has been on the streets since she was 15 years old.

I made this sign I hold while homeless in 2014 in my college notebook. This picture, by Nathan Howard, of me at Monday's #HousingNotHandcuffs Rally in front of SCOTUS re: #GrantsPass was ft. in Reuters & The Denver Gazette.

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Listening to the oral arguments in #JohnsonVGrantsPass , here are some of the powerful statements against criminalizing homelessness:
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Didn't get a chance to see Monday's #HousingNotHandcuffs #JohnsonVGrantsPass rally? Check out the livestream here! ⬇️

Hundreds of advocates from around the country lie down with blankets in front of #SCOTUS . If they were in Grant’s Pass, they would give you a $295 ticket for sleeping with a blanket.

#housingnothandcuffs #johnsonvgrantspass

SCOTUS is currently hearing arguments on whether cities can punish the unhoused for the 'crime' of existing without shelter.

No one should face arrest for having no permanent shelter. 

We must end the criminalization of homelessness and invest in affordable housing for all.