Good afternoon Housing Not Handcuffs supporters, 

Thank you to the over 250 people who joined us for yesterday’s National Organizing Call! It was amazing to see such powerful energy being shared and so many connections being made. Below, you will find links to a recording of the call, as well as many of the resources that were shared. As mentioned, we are mapping out this work in a post-Grants Pass world. Please reach out with any thoughts on what the Housing Not Handcuffs Campaign might do to support your work.

Resources

We’re grateful to everyone who shared helpful information and resources. Here is a list of items mentioned during the call, including the latest research on the harms of encampment sweeps and some of the wins we discussed and celebrated. 

• Pranav’s Research: Involuntary Sweeps of Homeless Encampments Do Not Improve Public Safety 
• Gloria Johnson Template Legislation 
• State and Local Policy Levers to Address Homelessness & Advance Housing Equity 
• Western Regional Advocacy Projects (WRAP)
• Presque Isle, MA Tables Anti-homeless Ordinance (Shoutout to Aroostook County Action Program!) 
• Morgantown, WV Petition to Repeal Camping Ban Receives 2000+ Signatures (Shoutout to Mountain State Justice!) 

Solidarity,

Sam Hozian
Communications Associate
National Homelessness Law Center

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