Housing Not Handcuffs
@housingnotcuffs.bsky.social
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
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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
Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163
In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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
Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163
In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
UPDATE: Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected to begin this morning at 10 AM with federal and local police throwing away tents at 62 encampments; arrests are expected to begin at nightfall to avoid media attention.https://buff.ly/gRAsxWS
Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected today
Advocates in D.C. expect the Trump administration to begin the illegal and inhumane jailing and institutionalization of homeless Washingtonians this morning at 10 A.M. The White House stated in…
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August 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
UPDATE: Unlawful arrests and forced displacement of homeless D.C. residents expected to begin this morning at 10 AM with federal and local police throwing away tents at 62 encampments; arrests are expected to begin at nightfall to avoid media attention.https://buff.ly/gRAsxWS
Fined. Arrested. Still nowhere to live.
A new documentary by @invisiblepeople.tv spotlights how all across the US, elected officials are making homelessness worse by wasting lives and taxpayer dollars on failed policies. We need housing and support, not handcuffs. buff.ly/sGLK3Yl
A new documentary by @invisiblepeople.tv spotlights how all across the US, elected officials are making homelessness worse by wasting lives and taxpayer dollars on failed policies. We need housing and support, not handcuffs. buff.ly/sGLK3Yl
Fined. Arrested. Still Nowhere to Live.
The Safer Kentucky Act Is Making Homelessness Worse. Across America, new laws are punishing homeless people simply for existing.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Fined. Arrested. Still nowhere to live.
A new documentary by @invisiblepeople.tv spotlights how all across the US, elected officials are making homelessness worse by wasting lives and taxpayer dollars on failed policies. We need housing and support, not handcuffs. buff.ly/sGLK3Yl
A new documentary by @invisiblepeople.tv spotlights how all across the US, elected officials are making homelessness worse by wasting lives and taxpayer dollars on failed policies. We need housing and support, not handcuffs. buff.ly/sGLK3Yl
One year ago today, the Supreme Court ruled that people can be arrested and ticketed for experiencing homelessness. Since then, 320+ bills that make it a crime to be homeless have been introduced. These bills only make homelessness worse. Full report:
NEW REPORT: 320+ bills targeting homeless people introduced since Grants Pass ruling Housing Not Handcuffs
One year ago today, the Supreme Court decided to make homelessness worse. They ruled in the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass that people can be arrested and ticketed for sleeping outside, even when…
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June 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
One year ago today, the Supreme Court ruled that people can be arrested and ticketed for experiencing homelessness. Since then, 320+ bills that make it a crime to be homeless have been introduced. These bills only make homelessness worse. Full report:
HAPPENING NOW: The Housing Not Handcuffs Act is being introduced by Reps. Jayapal and Frost!
Tune into the live press conference where we're demanding real solutions to homelessness: housing and support, not arrests or tickets. www.youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J...
Tune into the live press conference where we're demanding real solutions to homelessness: housing and support, not arrests or tickets. www.youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J...
Rep. Jayapal and Rep. Frost Introduce the Housing Not Handcuffs Act
YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal
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June 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
HAPPENING NOW: The Housing Not Handcuffs Act is being introduced by Reps. Jayapal and Frost!
Tune into the live press conference where we're demanding real solutions to homelessness: housing and support, not arrests or tickets. www.youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J...
Tune into the live press conference where we're demanding real solutions to homelessness: housing and support, not arrests or tickets. www.youtube.com/live/VRaE-9J...
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
June 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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
We are so thrilled and honored to share that on Thursday, the #HousingNotHandcuffs Act will be introduced in Congress to help solve homelessness by ending its criminalization federally.
Learn more and join us in DC on Thursday: www.votervoice.net/NHLC/Events/...
Learn more and join us in DC on Thursday: www.votervoice.net/NHLC/Events/...
Housing not Handcuffs Bill Introduction + Press Conference
Join Congressmembers Jayapal and Frost, along with the National Homelessness Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Alliance to End Homelessness,...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We are so thrilled and honored to share that on Thursday, the #HousingNotHandcuffs Act will be introduced in Congress to help solve homelessness by ending its criminalization federally.
Learn more and join us in DC on Thursday: www.votervoice.net/NHLC/Events/...
Learn more and join us in DC on Thursday: www.votervoice.net/NHLC/Events/...
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
RSVP to the rally and press conference: buff.ly/fnyIIIi
June 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
RSVP to the rally and press conference: buff.ly/fnyIIIi
TODAY: Join us at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST to reflect on the year since #JohnsonVGrantsPass.
In the year since #JohnsonVGrantsPass, 320+ anti-homeless bills have been introduced.
TODAY: Join us, VOCAL-US, People's Action, and WRAP to reflect, hear from those being impacted, and learn from those fighting back.
RSVP: www.crowdcast.io/c/housingnow...
TODAY: Join us, VOCAL-US, People's Action, and WRAP to reflect, hear from those being impacted, and learn from those fighting back.
RSVP: www.crowdcast.io/c/housingnow...
June 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
TODAY: Join us at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST to reflect on the year since #JohnsonVGrantsPass.
Most people are closer to becoming homeless than to becoming a billionaire like Elon Musk.
60% can't afford the basic costs of living.
Meanwhile, politicians are giving handouts to the ultra-wealthy & handcuffs to poor people. We will never arrest our way out of homelessness. buff.ly/6y7trQU
60% can't afford the basic costs of living.
Meanwhile, politicians are giving handouts to the ultra-wealthy & handcuffs to poor people. We will never arrest our way out of homelessness. buff.ly/6y7trQU
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Most people are closer to becoming homeless than to becoming a billionaire like Elon Musk.
60% can't afford the basic costs of living.
Meanwhile, politicians are giving handouts to the ultra-wealthy & handcuffs to poor people. We will never arrest our way out of homelessness. buff.ly/6y7trQU
60% can't afford the basic costs of living.
Meanwhile, politicians are giving handouts to the ultra-wealthy & handcuffs to poor people. We will never arrest our way out of homelessness. buff.ly/6y7trQU
Billionaires get handouts. Homeless people get handcuffs. Make it make sense. #HousingNotHandcuffs.
Billionaires don't know how to solve homelessness.
That's why Cicero Institute bills don’t include any real solutions like housing or services. Instead, they push ineffective and wasteful policies that make homelessness worse, and make taxpayers foot the bill. @invisiblepeople.tv buff.ly/YtYIGFm
That's why Cicero Institute bills don’t include any real solutions like housing or services. Instead, they push ineffective and wasteful policies that make homelessness worse, and make taxpayers foot the bill. @invisiblepeople.tv buff.ly/YtYIGFm
The Cicero Institute Makes Homelessness Worse For Everyone - Invisible People
The Cicero Institute seeks to erase homeless people through criminalization rather than address the root problem of homelessness.
invisiblepeople.tv
May 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Billionaires get handouts. Homeless people get handcuffs. Make it make sense. #HousingNotHandcuffs.
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WATCH LIVE: Hands Off HUD! Rally on Capitol Hill. Housing is a RIGHT, not a luxury! #HousingNotHandcuffs
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Fight Back to Protect HUD!
YouTube video by National Homelessness Law Center
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May 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
WATCH LIVE: Hands Off HUD! Rally on Capitol Hill. Housing is a RIGHT, not a luxury! #HousingNotHandcuffs
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This nonsense from @governor.ca.gov will make homelessness in California worse and will make CA less safe, less healthy, and less equitable.
He claims to be the counter Trump, but they're both using the same failed, backward & racist playbook that will worsen homelessness. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
He claims to be the counter Trump, but they're both using the same failed, backward & racist playbook that will worsen homelessness. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom's recent attack on homeless people isn't new, it's a tried-and-failed billionaire's agenda. To solve homelessness, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs. Newsom will "waste resources and time by arresting people for sleeping outside," - @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
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California wrestles with approach to homeless encampments - UPI.com
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his model ordinance to address homeless encampments with dignity this week but advocates say the approach ignores real solutions.
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May 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This nonsense from @governor.ca.gov will make homelessness in California worse and will make CA less safe, less healthy, and less equitable.
He claims to be the counter Trump, but they're both using the same failed, backward & racist playbook that will worsen homelessness. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
He claims to be the counter Trump, but they're both using the same failed, backward & racist playbook that will worsen homelessness. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
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Please note that Florida has recently passed a bill of this type.
In the middle of a massive housing crisis, more and more governments are choosing to throw homeless people in jail and fine them thousands of dollars for not being able to afford rent.
We're tracking these dangerous bills. Check out the latest updates: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-thr...
We're tracking these dangerous bills. Check out the latest updates: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-thr...
Tracking Homelessness Criminalization
Emergent Threats is a map that tracks bills across the U.S. that criminalize homelessness and provides information about their origin.
housingnothandcuffs.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Please note that Florida has recently passed a bill of this type.
On May 1st, 100+ people were forced out of Deschutes National Forest. The residents, most of which grew up nearby and had been living in the forest for years, were not offered alternative housing. It was just cruel.
Read more from @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/05/02/d...
Read more from @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/05/02/d...
What I saw yesterday during the mass federal eviction from Deschutes National Forest
I want to tell you about what I saw yesterday outside the Deschutes National Forest. At 3:30 AM, under the cover of darkness, the Trump administration closed what we believe to be the largest homeless...
housingnothandcuffs.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
On May 1st, 100+ people were forced out of Deschutes National Forest. The residents, most of which grew up nearby and had been living in the forest for years, were not offered alternative housing. It was just cruel.
Read more from @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/05/02/d...
Read more from @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social: housingnothandcuffs.org/2025/05/02/d...
"Gavin Newsom isn’t fighting homelessness, he’s fighting homeless people. Banning encampments won’t fix the housing crisis, but it will make life more miserable for those with nowhere to go." - @currentaffairs.bsky.social
Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov is escalating homelessness. “Newsom and Trump are using the same failed playbook. We won’t be duped by this backwards approach. We will continue to push for real solutions to homelessness: housing & services," - @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
Newsom Asks Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Gavin Newsom isn’t fighting homelessness, he’s fighting homeless people. Banning encampments won’t fix the housing crisis, but it will make life more miserable for those with nowhere to go." - @currentaffairs.bsky.social
In the middle of a massive housing crisis, more and more governments are choosing to throw homeless people in jail and fine them thousands of dollars for not being able to afford rent.
We're tracking these dangerous bills. Check out the latest updates: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-thr...
We're tracking these dangerous bills. Check out the latest updates: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-thr...
Tracking Homelessness Criminalization
Emergent Threats is a map that tracks bills across the U.S. that criminalize homelessness and provides information about their origin.
housingnothandcuffs.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In the middle of a massive housing crisis, more and more governments are choosing to throw homeless people in jail and fine them thousands of dollars for not being able to afford rent.
We're tracking these dangerous bills. Check out the latest updates: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-thr...
We're tracking these dangerous bills. Check out the latest updates: housingnothandcuffs.org/emergent-thr...