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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Supreme Court decided on Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking.

The case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.

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