Johnson v. Grants Pass
https://johnsonvgrantspass.com/



Johnson v. Grants Pass is a court case originally filed in 2018 that determined it is cruel and unusual punishment to arrest or ticket people for sleeping outside when they have no other safe place to go.

That shortfall will not be solved by putting more people in jail or issuing more tickets. The solution to homelessness is safe, decent, and affordable housing for everybody.

More than 600,000 people experience homelessness on a given night in America. Nearly half of these people—250,000—sleep outside. Homelessness is increasing across the country, as more and more hardworking households struggle to make ends meet. Rent is too expensive, wages are too low, and we have seen decades of failed housing policies. Instead of focusing on solutions like rental assistance and eviction prevention, cities and states are trying to arrest their way out of homelessness. Homelessness is caused by a lack of housing that people can afford. The solution is not court or jail, the solution is providing people with housing with services.

If SCOTUS hears the case and upholds the current decision, jurisdictions across the country will no longer be able to criminalize people for existing when they have nowhere else to go. By taking expensive, short-sighted, and unconstitutional criminalization options off the table, cities and states will have to focus on the true solution to homelessness: housing.

April 22nd: Oral arguments and in-person rally at the Supreme Court.

June 30th: End of court term. A decision will be made by this date.

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