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Sweeps & COVID-19: Organizing and Legal Strategies to Stop the Sweeps of Homeless Encampments During and After the Pandemic
Outdoor encampments have grown along with the nation's affordable housing gap, and because homelessness has a disparate racial impact on Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, sweeps of encampments contribute to disparities in law enforcement and wealth building.
Governments across the country routinely evict people from their encampments despite the lack of available housing or even any stable and safe place for them to go.These evictions - or "sweeps" cause people to lose their access to private shelter and other personal property, including items necessary to protect life and health, such as medication and protective clothing. They also cause people to disperse to other outdoor locations or enter into congregate shelter facilities - both risk factors for the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Indeed, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has advised that governments not conduct sweeps unless individual housing units are available to the people living there. But, despite this public health guidance, many governments have not stopped the sweeps.
Join us Wednesday, July 29th 2pm to 3:30pm EDT, as we discuss organizing and legal strategies for stopping the sweeps during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. You will learn about a new national campaign to stop the sweeps, House Keys Not Sweeps, launched by the Western Regional Advocacy Project.
This webinar will feature:
Paul Boden (he/him/his), Executive Director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project Tristia Bauman (she/her), Senior Attorney at the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Additional speakers to come
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This biweekly webinar series will share the actions and legal strategies needed to ensure a right to housing both during the COVID-19 and moving forward. Keep an eye out for future themes and speakers!
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Changing Laws. Changing Lives.
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (the Law Center) is the only
national organization dedicated solely to using the power of the law to end and prevent homelessness. With the support of a large network of pro bono lawyers, we address the immediate and long-term needs of people who are homeless or at risk through outreach and training, advocacy, impact litigation, and public education.
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