Homelessness

A provision in an election bill would bar homeless voters from receiving mail-in ballots and election information at shelters or other temporary addresses.

As voters’ frustration has grown with sprawling tent encampments in public spaces, Democratic and Republican leaders alike have called for greater authority to ban such camping.

A group of homeless plaintiffs argue that local laws aimed at banning sleeping outside violated their constitutional rights. The city claims that’s not what the Eighth Amendment means.

Plus, a swimming scandal.

A majority of the justices appeared skeptical of courts wading into the thorny policy questions around when local governments can punish people for sleeping and camping outdoors.

A ban on camping in public places faces a Supreme Court test.

A lawsuit by a group of homeless residents of a small Oregon town could reshape the way cities across the country deal with homelessness.

Can cities make it illegal to live on the streets?

Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. This filmmaker wants you to see them.

Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. This filmmaker wants you to see them.