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The city is required to keep certain property and provide a way for its retrieval. Yet over the course of over 900 encampment removals since January 2025, officials have only 10 instances of saving…

The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to bring attention to our issues and uplift the experiences of those most impacted by the

The proposed ordinance would have fined homeless people for sleeping outside in parks or other public property.

Tens of millions of federal homeless services dollars would be diverted from permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing for thousands of people under a plan proposed by the Louisiana Housing…

The changes come after ProPublica reported that charges for crimes related to homelessness have skyrocketed under Mayor Tim Keller. In 2025, people were charged 1,256 times for obstructing sidewalks…

A new effort by San Francisco officials to fund homelessness service providers based on measurable results has drawn support from an unlikely source: a Trump-aligned policy organization.

We cannot criminalize poverty just to make the sidewalks nicer.

A year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, punishment of homelessness has increased, but outcomes are much the same.

As the Trump administration seeks to cut funding for housing-first models of homelessness prevention, thousands could be at risk of eviction in Chicago.

For less than $15 million a year, Joe Lonsdale's think tank has helped rewrite homelessness policy in 16 states and reshape the Trump administration's approach — replacing housing-first solutions…

The Safer Kentucky Act in 2024 created new offense of unlawful camping for people sleeping outside, with fines and jail possible.

Joe Lonsdale: The “Rebel” Billionaire

Let's all gather 'round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol' Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today's hardy, hard-working cowboys. Yes, those manly men who live free-spirited, yippy-ti-yi-yo,…

The Cicero Institute, a Joe Lonsdale-founded nonprofit shaping policy on homelessness, lobbies Congress and the Pentagon on defense procurement through an alternate name—aligned with the…

The US Justice Department offers $300 million in public safety grants to cities that adopt specific law-and-order policies, sparking debate over local autonomy and federal influence.

How U.S. Policy Turned Poverty into a Permanent Condition

Young people, especially in Wards 7 and 8, are struggling to stay housed while advocates figure out new ways to help.

As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale.

The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.

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Joe Lonsdale’s Cicero Institute lobbies to make sleeping outdoors a crime. Under Trump, the federal government is listening.

Supportive Housing Week is a nationwide initiative led by CSH to show members of Congress how supportive housing works in their communities.

From the movement to end slavery to the Civil Rights struggle, from labor strikes to global uprisings for justice—music has always been at the heart of resistance. Songs carry our stories, sustain…

On August 11, President Trump announced his intention to "rescue" the nation's capital. A central feature of his plan involved using federal officials to remove people experiencing homelessness from…

This week marks one year since the Trump administration’s takeover of Washington, DC. Vicious attacks on homeless Washingtonians were and remain central to this takeover. One year later, the results…

For a year, the White House has been waging an unprecedented and extreme attack on both people experiencing homelessness and the real solutions to homelessness

Civil rights lawyers argue the Colorado Court of Appeals failed to independently interpret the state constitution when it upheld the ordinance and based its decision on “fiction” rather than the…

Across 14 states, new anti-camping laws effectively criminalize homelessness, punishing unhoused people with prison time and steep fines.

The Civil Rights Director will provide strategic leadership for the Law Center's legal, advocacy, and technical assistance work to end the criminalization of homelessness and advance the rights of people experiencing homelessness to access housing, public spaces, and essential services.

Hours ago, a Rhode Island District Court judge ruled, for the third time, that the Trump administration’s ideologically driven funding changes to vital homelessness programs are unlawful. The most…

On the afternoon of June 22, Neil “Lee” Spring was sitting in Rhodes Skate Park with a friend when officers from the Boise Police Department approached him. “We’re going to give you a ticket for…

On July 24, 2025, Trump signed a deeply harmful Executive Order (EO) outlining his administration’s shift away from real solutions to homelessness, like housing and support, and towards taking away…

In the year since President Trump signed an executive order aimed at moving homeless people off the streets, states have expanded involuntary treatment for the homeless.

This report examines the current policies which enable the criminalization of homelessness and mental health, violations of international human rights standards, and potential evidence-based alternatives to provide mental health support to unhoused individuals.

The Senior Litigation Counsel – Federal Response will direct the Law Center's federal response litigation, exercising strategic oversight over the federal litigation docket, staffing, work assignments, budget, and case selection

When Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he has lived for years, he was charged with a felony. Camping bans are on the rise as states seek to crack down on homelessness.

The National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC) issued a research brief asserting that the Cicero Institute, a conservative policy organization, maintains extensive financial ties to sectors poised to…

The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.

Rather than providing housing we can afford, or unlocking the vast amount of vacant corporate real estate being held hostage, this bill makes us criminals. We aren’t criminals.

Last year, California cities gained more power to ban homeless encampments. CalMatters dug into what that looks like in three cities.

Circle the City and Valle del Sol are taking Phoenix to court over the ordinance, claiming it violates the First Amendment.