Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

[David_42]

Good!
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out $1.9 billion in grants to local Continuums of Care, public-private partnerships that tackle homelessness in a specific area. These grants are doled out in a competitive process whereby applicants must fill out a lengthy questionnaire about how they plan to use the money, as well as their current policies.

Last week, though, HUD announced that it would begin asking applicants to describe the steps they are taking to reduce the criminalization of homelessness. Ordinances that criminalize homelessness, also known as “anti-vagrancy” or “quality of life” laws, include making it illegal to sit down on a sidewalk, ask passersby for spare change, or sleep in a public place. Applicants for the federal money will have to show they are engaging with local policymakers or law enforcement about criminalization policies, as well as implementing new community plans to ensure homelessness is not criminalized. Failing to combat such ordinances will hurt a Continuum of Care’s chances of winning new funds.

The change comes after the administration filed a brief in federal court arguing that criminalization violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, hailed the latest move. “We welcome the federal government’s direction of tax limited dollars to the places that will most effectively use that money to address homelessness,” Foscarinis said in a statement. She also noted that HUD is giving sufficient weight to criminalization policies that the question “in many cases could be the difference between receiving funding and not.”

The Obama administration has made a pattern of connecting federal funding to desired outcomes in localities. Its signature education achievement, Race to the Top, encouraged schools across the country to raise their standards by making it a prerequisite to receive more federal funding. Obamacare ties some hospital funding to how effectively they avoid preventable infections and patient re-admissions. Homeless advocates hope that connecting HUD funding to the fight against homeless criminalization will have a similar impact.

 

[Obiwan]

Good!
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out $1.9 billion in grants to local Continuums of Care, public-private partnerships that tackle homelessness in a specific area. These grants are doled out in a competitive process whereby applicants must fill out a lengthy questionnaire about how they plan to use the money, as well as their current policies.

Last week, though, HUD announced that it would begin asking applicants to describe the steps they are taking to reduce the criminalization of homelessness. Ordinances that criminalize homelessness, also known as “anti-vagrancy” or “quality of life” laws, include making it illegal to sit down on a sidewalk, ask passersby for spare change, or sleep in a public place. Applicants for the federal money will have to show they are engaging with local policymakers or law enforcement about criminalization policies, as well as implementing new community plans to ensure homelessness is not criminalized. Failing to combat such ordinances will hurt a Continuum of Care’s chances of winning new funds.

The change comes after the administration filed a brief in federal court arguing that criminalization violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, hailed the latest move. “We welcome the federal government’s direction of tax limited dollars to the places that will most effectively use that money to address homelessness,” Foscarinis said in a statement. She also noted that HUD is giving sufficient weight to criminalization policies that the question “in many cases could be the difference between receiving funding and not.”

The Obama administration has made a pattern of connecting federal funding to desired outcomes in localities. Its signature education achievement, Race to the Top, encouraged schools across the country to raise their standards by making it a prerequisite to receive more federal funding. Obamacare ties some hospital funding to how effectively they avoid preventable infections and patient re-admissions. Homeless advocates hope that connecting HUD funding to the fight against homeless criminalization will have a similar impact.

Being homeless isn't a crime...

Boosting the poverty rate like Obozo did and putting more people there like he did, is criminal.

Can we arrest him now???

 

[David_42]

Good!
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out $1.9 billion in grants to local Continuums of Care, public-private partnerships that tackle homelessness in a specific area. These grants are doled out in a competitive process whereby applicants must fill out a lengthy questionnaire about how they plan to use the money, as well as their current policies.

Last week, though, HUD announced that it would begin asking applicants to describe the steps they are taking to reduce the criminalization of homelessness. Ordinances that criminalize homelessness, also known as “anti-vagrancy” or “quality of life” laws, include making it illegal to sit down on a sidewalk, ask passersby for spare change, or sleep in a public place. Applicants for the federal money will have to show they are engaging with local policymakers or law enforcement about criminalization policies, as well as implementing new community plans to ensure homelessness is not criminalized. Failing to combat such ordinances will hurt a Continuum of Care’s chances of winning new funds.

The change comes after the administration filed a brief in federal court arguing that criminalization violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, hailed the latest move. “We welcome the federal government’s direction of tax limited dollars to the places that will most effectively use that money to address homelessness,” Foscarinis said in a statement. She also noted that HUD is giving sufficient weight to criminalization policies that the question “in many cases could be the difference between receiving funding and not.”

The Obama administration has made a pattern of connecting federal funding to desired outcomes in localities. Its signature education achievement, Race to the Top, encouraged schools across the country to raise their standards by making it a prerequisite to receive more federal funding. Obamacare ties some hospital funding to how effectively they avoid preventable infections and patient re-admissions. Homeless advocates hope that connecting HUD funding to the fight against homeless criminalization will have a similar impact.

Being homeless isn't a crime...

Boosting the poverty rate like Obozo did and putting more people there like he did, is criminal.

Can we arrest him now???

Yes, because president Obama is personally responsible for all homeless people..
Here's some facts:
Veterans & Military Families
President Obama Proposes Historic New Investments to End Homelessness | Featured Articles | Media Center
Obama says veteran homelessness has been cut by a third - AND THIS IS WITH REPUBLICANS BLOCKING VETERANS BILLS.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Most homeless people are not arrested for being homeless, they do really stupid shit and in turn get arrested. This is just more Obungles garbage

 

[David_42]

Most homeless people are not arrested for being homeless, they do really stupid shit and in turn get arrested. This is just more Obungles garbage

Are you kidding me?
Local Officials Have Pushed To Criminalize Homelessness For Years. The Feds Are Starting To Push Back.

 

[Buzz Jenkins]

It's not that they are homeless that gets them put in jail. It is the public urination and defection, the sexual assaults, the muggings, assaults and batteries, the drug use and sales, and the begging.

Fuck 'em. They ought to go live with those Occupy fags.

 

[David_42]

It's not that they are homeless that gets them put in jail. It is the public urination and defection, the sexual assaults, the muggings, assaults and batteries, the drug use and sales, and the begging.

Fuck 'em. They ought to go live with those Occupy fags.

Are you kidding? Criminalization - National Coalition for the Homeless

The criminalization of homelessness refers to measures that prohibit life-sustaining activities such as sleeping/camping, eating, sitting, and/or asking for money/resources in public spaces. These ordinances include criminal penalties for violations of these acts.

 

[depotoo]

And every,yes every, city I know of that has done it or attempted to it has been headed by Democrats.

 

[Spinster]

Let's pile more folks on the government dole like there isn't way too many already.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Didn't Jesus state "the poor will always be with us"?

Do you Christians think that Jesus would approve of making homeless people into criminals simply because they're poor?

 

[Andylusion]

Good!
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out $1.9 billion in grants to local Continuums of Care, public-private partnerships that tackle homelessness in a specific area. These grants are doled out in a competitive process whereby applicants must fill out a lengthy questionnaire about how they plan to use the money, as well as their current policies.

Last week, though, HUD announced that it would begin asking applicants to describe the steps they are taking to reduce the criminalization of homelessness. Ordinances that criminalize homelessness, also known as “anti-vagrancy” or “quality of life” laws, include making it illegal to sit down on a sidewalk, ask passersby for spare change, or sleep in a public place. Applicants for the federal money will have to show they are engaging with local policymakers or law enforcement about criminalization policies, as well as implementing new community plans to ensure homelessness is not criminalized. Failing to combat such ordinances will hurt a Continuum of Care’s chances of winning new funds.

The change comes after the administration filed a brief in federal court arguing that criminalization violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, hailed the latest move. “We welcome the federal government’s direction of tax limited dollars to the places that will most effectively use that money to address homelessness,” Foscarinis said in a statement. She also noted that HUD is giving sufficient weight to criminalization policies that the question “in many cases could be the difference between receiving funding and not.”

The Obama administration has made a pattern of connecting federal funding to desired outcomes in localities. Its signature education achievement, Race to the Top, encouraged schools across the country to raise their standards by making it a prerequisite to receive more federal funding. Obamacare ties some hospital funding to how effectively they avoid preventable infections and patient re-admissions. Homeless advocates hope that connecting HUD funding to the fight against homeless criminalization will have a similar impact.

Being homeless isn't a crime...

Boosting the poverty rate like Obozo did and putting more people there like he did, is criminal.

Can we arrest him now???

Yes, because president Obama is personally responsible for all homeless people..
Here's some facts:
Veterans & Military Families
President Obama Proposes Historic New Investments to End Homelessness | Featured Articles | Media Center
Obama says veteran homelessness has been cut by a third - AND THIS IS WITH REPUBLICANS BLOCKING VETERANS BILLS.

I don't want to eliminate homelessness by screwing over the working people, forcing them to live impoverished lives.

That's not a win, but that's exactly what you propose. "yeah let's give every veteran a middle class life style on government money!" And who pays for that? "You working suckers, of course! Shut up and pay up, or you are greedy".

No, you people are the greedy people. You don't see Obama shelling out his own money for any veterans do you. And I certainly don't see you obama supporters shelling out your money. You just screw the working people over. Make us pay, because we get up at 3 AM and go to a job. Thanks you scum sucking human trash.

 

[koshergrl]

Good!
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out $1.9 billion in grants to local Continuums of Care, public-private partnerships that tackle homelessness in a specific area. These grants are doled out in a competitive process whereby applicants must fill out a lengthy questionnaire about how they plan to use the money, as well as their current policies.

Last week, though, HUD announced that it would begin asking applicants to describe the steps they are taking to reduce the criminalization of homelessness. Ordinances that criminalize homelessness, also known as “anti-vagrancy” or “quality of life” laws, include making it illegal to sit down on a sidewalk, ask passersby for spare change, or sleep in a public place. Applicants for the federal money will have to show they are engaging with local policymakers or law enforcement about criminalization policies, as well as implementing new community plans to ensure homelessness is not criminalized. Failing to combat such ordinances will hurt a Continuum of Care’s chances of winning new funds.

The change comes after the administration filed a brief in federal court arguing that criminalization violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, hailed the latest move. “We welcome the federal government’s direction of tax limited dollars to the places that will most effectively use that money to address homelessness,” Foscarinis said in a statement. She also noted that HUD is giving sufficient weight to criminalization policies that the question “in many cases could be the difference between receiving funding and not.”

The Obama administration has made a pattern of connecting federal funding to desired outcomes in localities. Its signature education achievement, Race to the Top, encouraged schools across the country to raise their standards by making it a prerequisite to receive more federal funding. Obamacare ties some hospital funding to how effectively they avoid preventable infections and patient re-admissions. Homeless advocates hope that connecting HUD funding to the fight against homeless criminalization will have a similar impact.

Being homeless isn't a crime...

Boosting the poverty rate like Obozo did and putting more people there like he did, is criminal.

Can we arrest him now???

Being homeless isn't a crime...but taking a dump outside of the Quicky Mart is, as is setting up a little shelter on land that you don't own, you don't pay to use, and haven't asked to use.

Being homeless isn't a crime, but shooting up in the street is.

 

[koshergrl]

Didn't Jesus state "the poor will always be with us"?

Do you Christians think that Jesus would approve of making homeless people into criminals simply because they're poor?

Christians take care of more homeless people than the rest of you worthless pricks. We've care for them since there have been Christians, and homeless people. Which means pretty much since the death of Christ.

And in much greater numbers and at a much greater cost than your good old gubmint.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Bullshit......................Most of the Christians on this board have repeatedly said that it was the fault of the poor for being poor.

 

[David_42]

Good!
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money

After arguing last month that local ordinances criminalizing people for being homeless are unconstitutional, the Obama administration will now tie federal funding to whether municipalities are cracking down on criminalization measures.

Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives out $1.9 billion in grants to local Continuums of Care, public-private partnerships that tackle homelessness in a specific area. These grants are doled out in a competitive process whereby applicants must fill out a lengthy questionnaire about how they plan to use the money, as well as their current policies.

Last week, though, HUD announced that it would begin asking applicants to describe the steps they are taking to reduce the criminalization of homelessness. Ordinances that criminalize homelessness, also known as “anti-vagrancy” or “quality of life” laws, include making it illegal to sit down on a sidewalk, ask passersby for spare change, or sleep in a public place. Applicants for the federal money will have to show they are engaging with local policymakers or law enforcement about criminalization policies, as well as implementing new community plans to ensure homelessness is not criminalized. Failing to combat such ordinances will hurt a Continuum of Care’s chances of winning new funds.

The change comes after the administration filed a brief in federal court arguing that criminalization violates the Eighth Amendment’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, hailed the latest move. “We welcome the federal government’s direction of tax limited dollars to the places that will most effectively use that money to address homelessness,” Foscarinis said in a statement. She also noted that HUD is giving sufficient weight to criminalization policies that the question “in many cases could be the difference between receiving funding and not.”

The Obama administration has made a pattern of connecting federal funding to desired outcomes in localities. Its signature education achievement, Race to the Top, encouraged schools across the country to raise their standards by making it a prerequisite to receive more federal funding. Obamacare ties some hospital funding to how effectively they avoid preventable infections and patient re-admissions. Homeless advocates hope that connecting HUD funding to the fight against homeless criminalization will have a similar impact.

Being homeless isn't a crime...

Boosting the poverty rate like Obozo did and putting more people there like he did, is criminal.

Can we arrest him now???

Yes, because president Obama is personally responsible for all homeless people..
Here's some facts:
Veterans & Military Families
President Obama Proposes Historic New Investments to End Homelessness | Featured Articles | Media Center
Obama says veteran homelessness has been cut by a third - AND THIS IS WITH REPUBLICANS BLOCKING VETERANS BILLS.

I don't want to eliminate homelessness by screwing over the working people, forcing them to live impoverished lives.

That's not a win, but that's exactly what you propose. "yeah let's give every veteran a middle class life style on government money!" And who pays for that? "You working suckers, of course! Shut up and pay up, or you are greedy".

No, you people are the greedy people. You don't see Obama shelling out his own money for any veterans do you. And I certainly don't see you obama supporters shelling out your money. You just screw the working people over. Make us pay, because we get up at 3 AM and go to a job. Thanks you scum sucking human trash.

Unbelievable. Unfucking believable. This post astounds me, it blows my freaking mind, the lunacy and hatred of the right wing, you have now found a way to hate homeless veterans. No one said homeless veterans need a middle class lifestyle with government money, but public housing, government employment programs, welfare, these all help the homeless, and this thread is about people criminalizing, essentially, living as a homeless person. How low can you go? Obama shelling out his own money? Ah, the go to defense of every rabid right winger who believes that one person can drastically affect an entire population. Obama is the president of the united states, he is an elected official, he puts forth realistic proposals, and it is not realistic for him to give a virtually insignificant amount of money to help a couple of veterans when he can propose a plan that will bring tens of thousands on their feet.

 

[David_42]

Didn't Jesus state "the poor will always be with us"?

Do you Christians think that Jesus would approve of making homeless people into criminals simply because they're poor?

Let's look at jesus:

"“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”"
“Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.”
“And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
“And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.”
“Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”
“Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.”
“He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.”
"I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you, and persecute you;"
"Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
"You cannot serve both God and Money."
"If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. "
"But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed,
because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?”
“But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?”
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.”
“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

 

[Buzz Jenkins]

It's not that they are homeless that gets them put in jail. It is the public urination and defection, the sexual assaults, the muggings, assaults and batteries, the drug use and sales, and the begging.

Fuck 'em. They ought to go live with those Occupy fags.

Are you kidding? Criminalization - National Coalition for the Homeless

The criminalization of homelessness refers to measures that prohibit life-sustaining activities such as sleeping/camping, eating, sitting, and/or asking for money/resources in public spaces. These ordinances include criminal penalties for violations of these acts.

Fuck 'em. They are clearly not good for anybody to have around.

 

[depotoo]

Your Democratic mayors seem to think so.

Didn't Jesus state "the poor will always be with us"?

Do you Christians think that Jesus would approve of making homeless people into criminals simply because they're poor?

 

[koshergrl]

Bullshit......................Most of the Christians on this board have repeatedly said that it was the fault of the poor for being poor.

I'm sorry, you're an idiot.

St. Vincent de Paul's, the Catholic Church, Salvation Army, 99 percent of all missions and warming stations and food pantries...funded by Christians.

Did I say you're an idiot? Because you are.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Deblasio brought the homeless back to grand Central. Everyday now I'm greeted by people who should be in the Rdean Wing of the Psych Ward