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Unhoused and Handcuffed

January 13, 2023

By Eleanor Khirallah Under the guise of addressing homelessness and mental illness in New York City, on Tuesday, November 28, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced a new directive that allows the involuntary hospitalization of people suspected to be mentally ill on the street or subway. The city directive authorizes peace officers and police officers to…

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Sleep Tight? Not on This Bench: Grants Pass and the Criminalization of Unhoused Individuals

October 4, 2024

By: Liddy Patterson, Volume 43 Staff Member View/Download PDF Version: Sleep Tight – Not on This Bench – Grants Pass and the Criminalization of Unhoused Individuals (Patterson) Houselessness is a pervasive and heartbreaking crisis across the United States. Life as an unhoused individual is scary, exhausting, and overwhelming. In the winter, many individuals are denied…

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The Case for a “Good Faith Bargaining” Requirement in Minnesota’s New Tenant Association Law

October 18, 2024

By: Wyatt Lutenbacher, Volume 43 Lead Symposium Editor View/Download PDF Version: The Case for a _Good Faith Bargaining_ Requirement in MN’s New Tenant Association Law (Lutenbacher)   “It’s not ‘When we fight, we win,’ but ‘If we don’t fight, we lose.’”[1] Introduction In August 2020, a group of tenants gathered outside the office of Havenbrook…

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Gentrification, Displacement, and Disparate Impact Liability: How Gentrification Theory is Not Cognizable Under the Fair Housing Act

May 2, 2022

by Adam Mikell*   In the United States, the topic of housing has an ugly history comprised of decades of government-sanctioned discrimination and segregation carried out through racially-motivated practices such as “neighborhood composition” rules, racial covenants, steering, and redlining. In 1968—the tail end of the Civil Rights Movement—the Fair Housing Act (FHA) was passed to…

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