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Rep. Maxine Waters slams ‘reckless’ Trump cuts to HUD program combating homelessness

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is leading a Democratic Party outcry against the Trump administration‘s major cuts to a decades-old program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that works to reduce homelessness in the United States. The longtime congresswoman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, joined by dozens of Democratic members of Congress, slammed HUD’s more than 50% cut to permanent housing funding for the agency’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. Established under […]

todayNovember 25, 2025 1

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Trump’s executive order on homelessness, which disproportionately impacts Black Americans, slammed as ‘cruel and inhumane’

Advocates and elected officials are slamming President Donald Trump‘s executive order cracking down on homelessness. Under the guise of protecting “citizens vulnerable to public safety threats,” the “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets” order enforces involuntary civil commitment for individuals living on the streets. The order calls for unhoused people suffering from mental illness or addiction to be admitted into mental health institutions or drug treatment centers without their consent. “Forcibly removing people from the streets and institutionalizing them […]

todayJuly 29, 2025

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says it’s ‘cruel and unusual’ to criminalize homelessness

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that it is “cruel and unusual” to punish unhoused individuals for sleeping in public spaces. “We’re talking about sleeping … that is a basic function,” Justice Jackson said during Monday’s oral arguments in a case that could result in the criminalization of homelessness.  On Monday, the Supreme Court heard more than two hours of arguments in the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The justices listened to both sides of the case […]

todayApril 24, 2024

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Jeffries hopes Supreme Court will have ‘compassion’ in case that could criminalize homelessness

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that will determine whether to criminalize unhoused people for sleeping on the street.   TheGrio caught up with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., following his weekly press conference on Friday. He told theGrio, “It would not be a shock to anyone” if the conservative majority decided to criminalize homelessness. The New York congressman said the Supreme Court has already stripped “reproductive freedom from the women of America and detonated […]

todayApril 20, 2024 2