The Latest Breaking News from Grants Pass

Oregon city that tried to ban homeless encampments agrees to ensure 150 camping spaces

Grants Pass reaches settlement with advocacy group that accused it of discriminating against people with disabilities

The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2025

Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling to ensure camping spaces under settlement

The Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court homelessness ruling has agreed to ensure camping spaces for at least 150 people as part of a settlement with an advocacy group

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2025

Oregon city at heart of high court homelessness ruling blocked from enforcing camping ban

An Oregon judge has blocked the city at the heart of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homelessness from enforcing its camping ban unless it meets certain conditions

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2025

Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward

Homelessness is a rare issue in American politics that does not cut neatly along party or ideological lines. It can be hard to predict who will support or oppose measures to expand affordable housing and services for people without homes.

The Conversation · Oct 2, 2024

Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas

The small Oregon city at the heart of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on outdoor sleeping bans has voted to prohibit camping but establish certain areas where homeless people can go

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024

Gorsuch Apes NIMBY Government Lies in Supreme Court's Grants Pass Decision

Plus: A disappointing first round of "Baby YIMBY" grant awards, President Joe Biden endorses rent control, and House Republicans propose cutting housing spending.

Reason · Jul 2, 2024

‘Terrifying and dystopian’: the dark realities of the supreme court’s homelessness decision

Sara Rankin, a law professor cited in Sotomayor’s dissent in the Oregon case, warns more cities will seek to banish the unhoused

The Guardian - US · Jun 29, 2024

Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit cities from criminalizing sleeping outdoors.

The Conversation · Jun 28, 2024

Supreme Court Rules That Punishing the Homeless for Sleeping Outside Isn't 'Cruel and Unusual'

Homeless advocates say the court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson gives local governments a blank check to "to arrest or fine those with no choice but to sleep outdoors."

Reason · Jun 28, 2024

Supreme Court says restrictions on homeless people not "cruel and unusual"

The high court sided with Grants Pass, which enforces a 24/7 ban on outdoor camping.

Axios · Jun 28, 2024