Boise, Idaho – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that homeless persons cannot be punished for sleeping outside in the absence of adequate alternatives in Martin v. Boise (formerly Bell v. Boise), a lawsuit challenging Boise, Idaho’s ban on sleeping in public….
This case is part of a nationwide movement against the criminalization of homelessness, spearheaded by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and more than 700 groups and individuals who have endorsed the Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign.
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October 2, 2018 at 7:05 am
The Constitution and Homelessness | San Francisco Food Not Bombs
[…] Here is an earlier post about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision: https://sffnb.org/2018/09/09/court-affirms-right-of-homeless-persons-to-not-be-punished-for-sleeping… […]
April 20, 2019 at 5:55 am
Federal Court: Cities Cannot Criminalize Homelessness | San Francisco Food Not Bombs
[…] An earlier post about Martin v. City of Boise: https://sffnb.org/2018/09/09/court-affirms-right-of-homeless-persons-to-not-be-punished-for-sleeping… […]