Infographic: Criminalising homelessness in the US
A look at the facts and figures in the debate over laws that crack down on the homeless.
Sources:
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, “Racial discrimination in housing and homelessness in the United States”, July 3, 2014.
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, “No safe place: The criminalization of homeless in US cities”, 2014.
The National Center on Family Homelessness, 2010.
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, “Opening doors: Federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness”, 2010.
National Law Center on Homeless and Poverty, “UN Human Rights Committee calls US criminalization of homelessness ‘cruel, inhuman, and degrading’”, March 27, 2014.
Photo: AP/DAMIAN DOVARGANES
Published On 15 Sep 2014