Tag: criminal
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Housing protections for domestic violence survivors proposed in bill
A bill that proposes housing protections for survivors of domestic and sexual violence is the top story in AHO’s weekly affordable housing news summary.
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Federal judge rules cities cannot issue fines for being homeless
A federal judge recently ruled that the City of Grants Pass, Oregon, cannot issue citations and civil fines to homeless people sleeping in public. Following up on an earlier case that outlawed criminal penalties for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks, the ruling will force local governments to rethink how they address the challenge of…