Housing Not Handcuffs
@housingnotcuffs
A national campaign to end the criminalization of homelessness and ensure all people have the housing and support needed to thrive. Managed by the National Homelessness Law Center. @homeless-law.bsky.social Join us:
Homelessness is a policy failure, not a personal one. New polling from ACLU shows that the public wants housing, not handcuffs, to solve homelessness.
One year later, Trump's anti-homeless Executive Order has been making homelessness worse all across the country. Thursday, 7/30: Join us for a national conversation on the consequences of the Executive Order and how we're fighting back. Register at bit.ly/EOanniversary.
It's been one year since Trump issued his anti-homeless Executive Order, and since then, the administration has used it as a blueprint for far reaching policy changes that are harming our communities and making homelessness worse. Our statement: buff.ly/Ceniduw
This week marks one year since Trump issued his anti-homeless Executive Order. Since then, the admin has used it as a blueprint for making homelessness worse. Join us Thursday 7/30 @ 3:30-5 PM ET for a conversation on the EO's consequences and how we can fight back. Register: buff.ly/YS87gHM
Tech bro billionaires have no business coming into our communities to profit off the suffering of our homeless neighbors. But Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is doing just that. Our report details the connections between Lonsdale, anti-homeless laws, prisons, & surveillance tech. buff.ly/0s6qatl
NEW: We're mapping out the recent rise of anti-homeless laws all across the country. In just two years since #JohnsonVGrantsPass, 350+ cities have passed laws that make it a crime to be homeless, instead of investing in proven housing solutions. View the map here: buff.ly/p1Jd9bp
You'd think between building a gold ballroom and a UFC cage on the White House lawn, the Trump admin could find funds for affordable housing programs and supportive services. We won't solve homelessness until we tackle the root cause: housing is just too expensive.
Yesterday's hearing made clear that @splcenter.org is just the beginning. The Trump admin and its allies have built a playbook for targeting any group they disagree with. No org is safe from this abuse of power. We stand with SPLC, a leader in the fight to protect civil rights for 50+ years.
🚨 HUD is trying to weaken the Equal Access Rule, which protects LGBTQ+ housing rights. Join advocates nationwide on May 20th, 2-3PM EST to learn more about the EAR and how you can support and get involved in the movement to preserve this important federal protection. Register: buff.ly/sDptkLd
Utah wants to take funding away from programs that solve homelessness and instead build a government-run, taxpayer-funded detention camp. The real solution to homelessness is housing and healthcare—not handcuffs and detention camps. Take action to reject homeless detention camps: buff.ly/z1AgpAL
The proven solutions to homelessness are obviously housing and healthcare, but Utah is trying to take money away from those very solutions to build a massive, remote, government-run detention camp. Urge your reps to reject federal funding for homeless detention camps: bit.ly/nodetentionc...
We shouldn’t have to say out loud that throwing people in detention camps is never okay, but that’s what Utah and Trump are trying to do. We can still stop Utah’s proposed homeless detention camp. Take action today: bit.ly/nodetentionc...
We're excited to share that @repdeliaramirez and @repmaxwellfrost will speak at our national organizing call this Thursday. Join the call: bit.ly/hnhnationalc... We’ve seen this before. Detention camps + forced treatment are not solutions to homelessness, or anything. We need #HousingNotHandcuffs.
We’ve seen this before — and it never ends well. Detention camps + forced treatment are not solutions to homelessness. Housing and healthcare are. Join us on January 29th to hear from advocates on the ground in Utah and learn how you can take action with us. Register here: buff.ly/X0wFVRP
ACTION ALERT: Tomorrow (9/10), Congress will discuss a bill that would put people in jail or fine them $500 for sleeping outside in DC. Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163 In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
TODAY at 3:30 EST: Tune into the introduction of the #HousingNotHandcuffs Act with Reps. Jayapal and Frost, along with our partners at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and Miriam's Kitchen: buff.ly/DnkXmF4
BIG NEWS! The #HousingNotHandcuffs Act is coming to Congress! On 6/26, @repjayapal & @repmaxwellfrost will introduce #HNH to help solve homelessness with real solutions: housing and support, NOT arrests or fines. RSVP to the rally and press conference: buff.ly/fnyIIIi