A federal judge this week issued a preliminary injunction against the city of Houston blocking it from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits feeding more than five needy people anywhere—including public property—without permission.
In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Andrew Hanen agreed with the Houston chapter of Food Not Bombs (FNBH), a volunteer group that distributes free food in cities worldwide, that the city of Houston's monthslong crackdown on food sharing was not likely to survive constitutional scrutiny.
