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Tag: Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition

  • Efforts to Ensure Hundreds of People Are Not Forced to Live Outdoors this Winter

    Efforts to Ensure Hundreds of People Are Not Forced to Live Outdoors this Winter

    Monday, December 21 is National Homeless Memorial Day

    Like so many organizations across the country, the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition typically holds a candlelight vigil to honor the many people who have died young because of homelessness. 

    Because of COVID-19 and the need to keep gatherings small, they will be having a virtual vigil this year at 5:30 Pm on Monday, December 21.

    Also, at 2 PM on Monday the 21st the Coalition will host a small, socially distant, press conference in Washington Park, directly across from Music Hall. They will present on the significant loss of life caused by homelessness, and how we, as a community can prevent this human loss. 

    Updates will be provided on efforts to provide safe, warm shelter this winter, as the number of people living outdoors has increased and the capacity of shelter has decreased due to the need to socially distance. The Coalition will talk about what we they are doing to prevent hundreds of people from being forced to live outdoors this winter.

    Join the Virtual Candlelight Vigil Gathering

    Join on the longest night of the year as friends honor the many people in Cincinnati & Hamilton County who died young in 2020 because of homelessness.

    All friends, family, service providers and everyone is welcome.

    Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/homelessmemorial2020
    Or by phone: Meeting ID: 920 5173 2746

    Add the event, with a couple clicks to your calendar, by visiting the Mailchimp post: https://mailchi.mp/cincihomeless/homeless-memorial-day-virtual-vigil

  • Supreme Court Lets Martin v. Boise Stand: People Experiencing Homelessness Cannot Be Punished for Living in Absence of Adequate Housing or Sheler

    Supreme Court Lets Martin v. Boise Stand: People Experiencing Homelessness Cannot Be Punished for Living in Absence of Adequate Housing or Sheler

    Persons experiencing homelessness cannot be punished for sleeping outside on public property in the absence of adequate alternatives.

     

    Cincinnati, Ohio – This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by the city of Boise to review the case Martin v. Boise (formerly Bell v. Boise). This leaves in place earlier rulings by the 9th Circuit that persons experiencing homelessness cannot be punished for sleeping outside on public property in the absence of adequate alternatives.

    The Supreme Court’s decision, issued without comment, means the April 2019 ruling is binding in the 9th Circuit, covering nine states including most of the western states, and carries national influence.

    In a press release issued today, Josh Spring, Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition said, “This is very important news, as our federal lawsuit filed last year by people experiencing homelessness and the Homeless Coalition continues to move forward here in the 6th Circuit.”  Their lawsuit aims to overturn City of Cincinnati policies criminalizing people experiencing homelessness outdoors and hopes to squash last year’s Common Pleas Court order making it an arrestable offense to experience homelessness outdoors anywhere in the Hamilton County including Loveland.

    The Law Center’s Executive Director, Maria Foscarinis, said, “Ultimately, our goal is to end homelessness through housing…so that no one has to sleep on the streets in the first place. We hope that the 9th Circuit decision will help communities find the political will to put that housing in place. Housing, not handcuffs, is what ends homelessness.”

    John Parvensky, Acting Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless described this as a “victory”, saying, “…it will force communities to address homelessness proactively – through the development of an adequate supply of affordable housing, while providing safe and appropriate emergency shelter in the interim”.

    For the full text of the Law Center press release and links to documents from the case, click here.

    For the full text of the National Coalition press release click here.

     

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