Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Everyone one needs and deserves a safe place to sleep. But one year ago tomorrow, #SCOTUS decided in #JohnsonvGrantsPass that cities/states can fine or arrest unhoused people for sleeping outside even if they have nowhere safe to go. 111
Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Policymakers should stop punishing unhoused people for not being able to afford or find housing. It’s not their fault that renters’ incomes haven’t kept up with rising rents for decades. Homelessness is a policy choice. www.cbpp.org/charts/rente...cbpp.orgRenters' Incomes Haven't Caught Up to Rising Housing Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 100
Anna Bailey (she/her) @annakbailey.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Instead, policymakers should build towards guaranteed federal #RentalAssistance and ensure reliable funding to cover community-based services like #MentalHealth, #SubstanceUse, and housing navigation. www.cbpp.org/research/hou...cbpp.orgPolicy Brief: Policymakers Can Solve Homelessness by Scaling Up Rental Assistance and Supportive Services | Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesHousing is a basic human need, but stable housing is out of reach or hard to keep for far too many people. This is a policy choice, not an economic inevitability. Evidence shows that we can solve... 100
