SCOTUS weighs policy on policing homeless people amid a national housing shortage

@Marketplace— The court will decide if enforcing a public camping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, is considered cruel and unusual punishment.

KRQE News 13—What is Albuquerque Police policy for homeless encampments?. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – There has been community debate on how the city should approach unhoused individuals living in public spaces. Some residents worry about safety issues and have called on the city to address people sleeping on the street. Others say the city overstepped its bounds in removing the belongings of unhoused people. The debate []

@Marketplace—Why it’s gotten more expensive to house people experiencing homelessness. Higher interest rates and insurance costs make building low-income and supportive housing more costly — especially in California, home to 28% of the U.S. homeless population.

The Federalist—SCOTUS Deliberates Over Homeless Camps And A Fictional ‘Right To Housing’. There is nothing in the text or history of the cruel and unusual punishments clause that remotely grants anyone a right to public housing.