When Helen Cruz pitched her tent in a city park a few years ago and made it her home, she chose the location for one reason:
She wanted to be close to the houses she cleans for a living but could never afford for herself.
“People see the irony of it,” said Cruz, 49. “I never looked at it like that.”
What Cruz didn’t realize then was that living in a park in Grants Pass, Oregon, would place her in the middle of a national debate that will reach the Supreme Court on Monday about whether cities can respond to a spike in homelessness by punishing homeless people.
In the most significant appeal involving unhoused Americans to reach the high court in decades, the justices will hear arguments Monday on whether ticketing people who live on the streets is “cruel and unusual” and violates the Eighth Amendment. (CNN)
In a country where dreamers can try to make their dreams come true, homelessness is growing.
Let’s see what the Supreme Court has to say.
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