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Ohio State

The Hill

Republicans in Ohio’s state House passed a bill Wednesday banning transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms in K-12 schools and colleges that correspond with their gender identity.  The measure was added at the last minute as an amendment to a Senate bill focusing on the state’s college credit program. The state Legislature went…

Ohio House passes trans bathroom ban

Daily Mail

Farzana Rahman, who owns a condo in Durham, has lost months of income and is struggling to put her son through college after guests refuse to leave her North Carolina flat

Airbnb squatters taunt single mom with 'no trespassing' sign as she loses months of income because she can't kick them out

New Jersey State

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Pennsylvania State

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, along with the Division on Civil Rights (DCR), has co-led a multistate comment letter supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule aimed at reducing criminal history-based barriers to public housing. This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Attorneys General of Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania to improve access to safe and affordable housing.

HUD Rule Fights Housing Barriers for Ex-Offenders

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Southside Matt

As stated by The Zebra in their History of U.S. Homeownership: how housing has changed since 1960, “The United States is in the midst of a housing crisis.” They report that 40 million renters are currently at risk of eviction. That equates to almost half of the renters in the U.S. in serious danger of losing their homes. While minority residents, primarily Black and LatinX, are disproportionately affected by this, the current economic situation has caused this to hit all races.

Homelessness being outlawed

Minnesota State

Saint Paul, MN

Minnesota Reformer

An ambitious plan to change Minnesota zoning rules to allow more housing construction statewide failed last legislative session despite a broad, bipartisan coalition of support.  That coalition now has a new member: the federal government.  A top U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development official visited St. Paul on Thursday to highlight a $4 million […]
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Feds join push for zoning reform

The U.S. Supreme Court’s watershed decision on homelessness Friday will make it easier for elected officials and law enforcement authorities nationwide to fine and arrest people who live on streets and sidewalks, in broken-down vehicles, or within city parks — which could have far-reaching health consequences for homeless Americans and their communities.

Supreme Court OKs Local Crackdowns on Homelessness, as Advocates Warn of Chaos

Louisiana State

Franklin County Free Press

House Bill 657, known as the Unfair Real Estate Service Agreements Act, has recently passed through the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee and is now awaiting final approval by the state senate. This bill is designed to offer protection to seniors and financially vulnerable homeowners against predatory real estate practices that have been particularly rampant in economically distressed neighborhoods.

Bill to Safeguard Vulnerable Homeowners Advances

Grants Pass, OR

ABC News

Homelessness advocates are condemning the Supreme Court's ruling over homeless bans.

SCOTUS homelessness decision called 'inhumane' by advocates

Oregon State

Burien, WA

KING COUNTY, Wash. - In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has empowered cities to ban homeless encampments even if no shelter space is available. The decision, a 6-3 ruling split along ideological lines, allows municipalities to enforce anti-camping ordinances, a move hailed by some local leaders but criticized by homelessness advocates.

SCOTUS lets cities ban homeless encampments, despite no shelter space

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Denver City Council members received a briefing Tuesday on Mayor Mike Johnston’s plan to end unsheltered homelessness among veterans. Members suggested women and seniors should be next.

After veterans, end homelessness for women and seniors, Denver council members suggest

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Times

The Supreme Court's ruling Friday gives cities in California and the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and public property.

Supreme Court rules cities may enforce laws against homeless encampments

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Colorado State

CBS Denver

On Tuesday, a long-discussed effort to convert an underutilized portion of the Central Park Station parking lot into affordable housing is advancing. The RTD Board approved entering exclusive negotiations with Ulysses Development Group to create a complex that offers up to 900 affordable units at a park-n-ride lot on the west side of the station area. This initiative is part of RTD's broader strategy to increase transit-oriented housing developments near rail and bus stations."What we're seeing is a change in parking utilization and ridership, and also we're seeing an affordable housing crisis in the region," said Chessy Brady, the Transit Oriented Development...

New law change could pave way for more affordable housing on RTD property

The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday by a 6-3 vote that banning homeless encampments on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual” punishment.
                The city of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson was called “the most significant case about homelessness in 40+ years” by The National Homeless Law Center.
                Grants Pass has public-camping laws that restrict homeless encampments on public property. Cities across the country,...

SCOTUS allows for homeless encampment bans on public property

Democratic lawmakers, homeless advocates and legal experts in Oregon expressed disappointment Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Grants Pass homeless case, while conservatives welcomed the decision. In a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court sided with the southern Oregon city of Grants Pass in...

Democrats, homeless advocates disappointed in U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homelessness

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters whether the U.S. citizenship requirement for police and firefighters should be dropped.

Committee OKs removing citizenship requirement for police, firefighters in Denver

Alaska State

Anchorage, AK

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - For people like Martin Mody, he says sleeping outside isn’t a choice, it’s a circumstance. Mody is among the growing number of people in Anchorage without housing, and while he’s the first to admit he’s fallen on hard times, a recent Supreme Court ruling is potentially going to make those hard times much worse.

Alaskans react to SCOTUS ruling on homeless encampments

The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

San Francisco, CA

The U.S. Supreme Court today granted cities more power to arrest, cite and fine people who sleep outside in public places — overturning six years of legal protections for homeless residents in California and other western states. In Grants Pass v. Johnson, the court sided with Grants Pass in...

Supreme Court gives cities in California and beyond more power to crack down on homeless camps

The City and County of Denver likely will pay $500,000 next week to settle lawsuits against the police and sheriff’s departments. The City Council will vote Monday on two settlements. The first, stemming from a lawsuit filed against the police department in U.S. District Court, case 2023 CV00750-RM-JPO, is for $100,000. The second settlement is for $400,000 to be paid to Scott Peters and stems from a prisoner’s civil rights allegedly being violated, according to Justia. According to Justia, the lawsuit lists as defendants the City and County of Denver, Daniel Rodriguez, John Doe 1, John Doe 2, John Doe 3-12, Mohammed Mohammed, Michael Fitzmaurice, James Casias, Billie Humbles, Daniel Trujillo, Ian Schiffhauer, Michael Bennett, Cherif Sarr and Noreen Roberson. Additional information was not available Thursday.

Denver to pay $500,000 in lawsuit settlements against police, sheriff departments

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Bills to combat housing discrimination heading to Whitmer

Landlords would be barred from discriminating against tenants or prospective tenants who use housing vouchers or some other type of public assistance to pay the rent...

Bills to combat housing discrimination heading to Whitmer

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