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Counties must spend about two-thirds of the money from a tax enacted for mental health services on housing and programs for homeless people with serious mental illnesses or substance abuse problems.
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Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.
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Chris Avell, a pastor from Bryan, Ohio, faced charges after turning his church into a quasi-homeless shelter, partly in response to the city's housing shortage.
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The shelter would provide beds for unhoused people including those with criminal records and substance abuse disorders.
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Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city of religious discrimination, arguing that providing food and shelter to those in need is a religious activity.
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At least 150 of Shawnee's 30,000 residents are experiencing homelessness. And because of an ordinance enacted this month, life might be getting a little more difficult for some of the community’s most vulnerable residents.
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To address the city’s housing shortage, Partner Tulsa is looking where larger cities have looked as well — at empty office space in downtown.
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Shawnee city commissioners Monday evening passed a "no sit, no lie" ordinance.
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The City Commissioners of Shawnee will vote Monday on whether to prohibit sitting and lying down in the city’s downtown area.
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The jump is 12% more than the year before and came as rents and inflation skyrocketed. The increase was driven by families and those who lost housing for the first time.