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Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property?

Name: Should homeless individuals, that have refused available shelter or housing, be allowed to sleep or encamp on public property? — Public Opinion Poll Results
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The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 is to ensure that everyone who is at risk of homelessness, or who is homeless, is legally entitled to meaningful help from their local authority regardless of their current status. It does this by defining the service that local councils and other public bodies must provide to those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The law requires councils to provide that help at an earlier stage than previously, with the objective that this will decrease the likelihood that people will become homeless.

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49% Yes	51% No
32% Yes	49% No
16% Yes, and create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine	1% No, and make it a criminal offense
1% Yes, but only in designated areas	1% No, but create more social programs to provide free food, clothing, and medicine
0% Yes, to sleep but not encamp

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The directive from Gov. Gavin Newsom is the nation’s most sweeping response to a Supreme Court decision last month that gave local leaders greater authority to remove homeless campers.Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered California state officials on Thursday to begin dismantling thousands of homeless encampments, the nation’s most sweeping response to a recent Supreme Court ruling that gave governments greater authority to remove homeless people from their streets.Homeless encampments have vexed California, where housing costs are among the nation’s highest, more than any other state. An estimated 180,000 people were homeless last year in California, and most of them were unsheltered. Unlike New York City, most jurisdictions in California do not guarantee a right to housing.Mr. Newsom, a Democrat, called on state and local leaders to act on the Supreme Court ruling, which was issued in June, “with urgency and dignity.” His executive order could divide Democratic local leaders in California, some of whom have already planned to clear encampments while others have denounced the decision from conservative justices as opening the door to inhumane measures to solve a complex crisis.

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