Arresting Homeless People For Being Homeless
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05/12/2015
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Cities in Washington state overwhelmingly deal with their homeless populations by criminalizing aspects of their daily lives, but it comes at a cost, while housing the homeless would bring significant savings, -
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he researchers looked at municipal codes in 72 cities across the state. Since 2000, the number of ordinances aimed at the homeless rose by 50 percent, with cities finding 288 new ways to target them -
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They also followed common themes: Nearly 80 percent enacted ordinances prohibiting or limiting the ability to sit, stand, or sleep in public. -
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But they don’t just come at a cost for the homeless, who likely have few resources to pay those penalties. -
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On the other hand, the report estimates that if the $3.7 million spent enforcing the ordinances were instead spent on housing for the homeless -
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it would save $2 million a year and more than $11 million over the course of five years.
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