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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Abené Clayton

Supreme court to decide whether US cities can enforce anti-homeless laws

Tents line the sidewalk on SW Clay Street in Portland, Oregon, on 9 December 2020.
Tents line the sidewalk on SW Clay Street in Portland, Oregon, on 9 December 2020. Photograph: Craig Mitchelldyer/AP

The US supreme court will be reviewing an appeals court ruling that officials in cities across the west say bar them from removing unhoused people from public spaces when there are no shelter beds available.

On Friday, the supreme court agreed to hear an appeal from the city of Grants Pass, in south-west Oregon, where in 2022 a three-judge ninth circuit of appeals panel ruled that the city could not enforce its anti-camping ordinance that barred people from using any sort of shelter or bedding equipment on public property.

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