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![A notice of an impending encampment sweep is in a trash can as police keep an eye on city workers in Long Beach enforcing new policies regarding homeless encampments at Gumbiner Park on August 19, 2024, in Long Beach, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2166786257-400x300.jpg)
Homeless Sweeps Are Expensive, Useless and Cruel, Human Rights Watch Charges
Punitive city policies are also woefully counterproductive, only perpetuating the very malady they purport to address.
![Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks at Prince George’s Community College on August 15, 2024, in Largo, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0816-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Harris’s 4-Year Housing Plan Will Target Predatory Wall Street Landlords
In recent months, progressives and tenant organizers have worked to make housing central to the 2024 campaign.
![Banner for Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast, with guest Tracy Rosenthal and host Kelly Hayes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0813-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
It’s “Open Season” on the Unhoused. We Must Oppose It.
“We don't have a housing system, we have an unhousing system,” says author and organizer Tracy Rosenthal.
![President Joe Biden speaks during a Fourth of July event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-biden-p-400x300.jpg)
Biden Proposed a Rent Cap for Corporate Landlords. What’s Next?
Biden’s rent control plan must pass through Congress to become reality. Tenants say the president could still act now.
![Homeless rights activists hold a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0628-housing-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Ruling on Homelessness May Further Endanger Domestic Violence Survivors
Criminalizing homelessness only enacts more barriers for survivors that often leave them with few viable options.
![A migrant mother rushes her family past a small group of right-wing demonstrators trying to shut down a motel that is housing migrant immigrants, on May 30, 2023, in Queens, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1494657250-400x300.jpg)
From New York to LA, Housing Insecurity Is Undermining Immigrant Students
NYC’s new policy of evicting families from shelters after 60 days is forcing children to repeatedly switch schools.
![A tent underneath a crab apple tree](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0521-tent-home-400x300.jpg)
Will Involuntary Homelessness Become a Crime?
An upcoming Supreme Court decision could dramatically criminalize poverty and homelessness nationwide.
![Police arrest a man as the city of Philadelphia begins a long anticipated clearing of the homeless encampment in Kensington on May 8, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2152171607-400x300.jpg)
Plan to Crack Down on Unhoused People Spells Disaster for Philadelphians
A new report reveals the city's plans to clear homeless encampments and jail vulnerable residents.
![Advocates with lived homelessness experience demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5004-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Ignores Housing Crisis in Hearing on Laws Criminalizing Unhoused People
As the court hearing took place, unhoused people and their allies rallied outside, demanding “housing, not handcuffs.”
![Unhoused people line up to receive assistance](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0318-homeless-chicago-400x300.jpg)
Chicago Ballot Amendment Would Tax Real Estate Moguls to Fight Homelessness
Allowing real estate interests to shape public policy will not restore housing agency to the people of Chicago.