Eric Tars

Human rights attorney working to bring human rights home to the U.S. Views expressed are my own.

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

CA should make sure #HousingIsAHumanRight for all its residents. Rather than a race to the bottom to see who can make the streets the most threatening, let's see what a race to the top looks like. Thanks @latCarlaHall @latimes! #HousingNotHandcuffs! https://t.co/OCaPBUs0wl

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

The only answer to being asked if you support forcing homeless people into gov't run detention camps is "no"

Yet that is not the answer that Trump's nominee to lead HUD gave @TinaSmithMN.

Link below to take action to stop his nomination.

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

Bipartisan vibe deteriorating around HUD nominee Scott Turner. Sen. Smith (D-Minn.) is a "no" on floor vote, according to a person familiar.

Smith was on the fence and had a good meeting w/ Turner. But she was not happy with his written response to Qs, esp on homelessness >>>

[Jesse Rabinowitz 🔥🌹@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social @jesserbnwtz]

Read our full statement on today's historic lawsuit.

@ericadamsfornyc must stop the sweeps and focus on housing, not handcuffs.

A huge shoutout to @homeless_law's own @SiyaHegde and the entire @SafetyNetUJC team!

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

@dianeyentel @NLIHC Wow, @dianeyentel! Thanks for your service @NLIHC, and can't wait to hear what you're doing next!

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

10/29: Join us, national partners and responders to learn about how natural disasters affect homeless and housing-insecure communities. We'll discuss federal resources, the rise in homelessness criminalization in the Southeast, and more.
Register today: https://t.co/yf2PBLjFpZ

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

“It’s like dying slowly in front of people."

💔reporting from @annaleapatrick @seattletimes as @auburn_wa removes its protections from its anti-camping law, so it can be enforced regardless of the availability of shelter.

#HousingNotHandcuffs
https://t.co/wDSX4z3lJv

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

Today, NHLC Senior Policy Director @EricTars testified before the Philadelphia City Council in support of @KendraPHL resolution condemning the #JohnsonVGrantsPass ruling.

"Focus on #HousingNotHandcuffs; #ServicesNotSweeps as the proven solutions to homelessness."

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

How can we solve homelessness?

"This admin must redirect funds and resources from carceral responses and prioritize access to affordable, safe, inclusive housing with compassionate voluntary support services." -@SiyaHegde NHLC Attorney testifying at the White House yesterday.

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

Did any of the $155M in police overtime help end anyone’s homelessness? If we had spent that on housing, not handcuffs, wouldn’t we all be safer? More law enforcement does not equal public safety, but meeting everyone’s basic needs does!

[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

What happens when you make a cop mayor of NYC?

Police overtime goes from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million now.

https://t.co/vAhCI4Ijde

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

Today,@AOC and @SenTinaSmith introduced the #HomesAct, a bold new plan to build millions of homes for the public good -- instead of real estate industry profits.

Our coalition stood with them to launch this new leg, based our own NY Social Housing Development Authority bill!

[Jesse Rabinowitz 🔥🌹@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social @jesserbnwtz]

This is what cops do to staff at homeless shelters, imagine what they do to homeless ppl when nobody is watching. But we don't have to imagine, we already know. It's awful, and it makes homelessness worse.

Recent SCOTUS ruling will make this MUCH worse, esp for Black ppl & POC

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

Des Moines says fines for sleeping in public areas will help fight homelessness? Prove it.
Fantastic editorial from @DMRegister. #HousingNotHandcuffs ends homelessness.
https://t.co/IPy62yAt8r

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

Grants Pass showing how cruel and unusual they can be following the #SCOTUS' #JohnsonvGrantsPass decision. Heartbreaking for the people in Grants Pass, a warning to the rest of the country. None of this helps end homelessness. #HousingNotHandcuffs does. https://t.co/vAyfI6NSsZ

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

@homeless_law @SenatorMuth @SenatorSaval @RepIzzy Join the live stream or watch the video: https://t.co/hVQL0hWA3s

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

We @homeless_law are proud to join this letter to @Cal_ICH together w/@ACLUSoCal @sdicACLU @CSHInfo @Western_Center @InnerCityLaw @thepilp & Elder Law & Disability Rights Center. Cal ICH must stand against the racist, ablist impacts of @GavinNewsom's EO. https://t.co/4nBx9shgfW

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

"Encampment resolution is a coordinated, multi-system strategy to address the impacts... & connect..residents to housing. This...differs from displacement strategies that force encampment residents to move w/o connecting them to housing and support (‘sweeps’)."

🔥🔥🔥

[DEI Petty @marcformarc]

Did a cool thing today and published a report on unsheltered homelessness. Also published a set of tools including a guidance on how to resolve encampments without sweeps and how to prioritize which encampments need attention first if the jurisdiction has limited resources 1/

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

“It makes you feel hunted, you know, like a fugitive,” Jones says of local laws that criminalize sleeping in public spaces. ​“It’s hard for me to get across just how counterproductive these sweeps are.” #HousingNotHandcuffs

READ: https://t.co/MRE7uSABPW

[Eric Tars @EricTars]

#Facts

[Impact Labs @ImpactLabsOrg]

Some #housing facts from @EricTars 👇🏾

Read the full article here: https://t.co/E0FQIlBDrO

[People's Parity Project @PeoplesParity]

Tomorrow! Join PPP and NHLC for a discussion of how organizers and advocates can move forward after the SCOTUS decision in Grants Pass. PPP is proud to stand with the lawyers and organizers working to ensure human rights and dignity for all. Register here! https://t.co/ZEOXxTkPGW

[National Homelessness Law Center @homeless_law]

“Arresting, fining people, and impounding their vehicles for trying to survive is expensive, counterproductive, and cruel,” says @EricTars, senior policy director for the Law Center. #HousingNotHandcuffs

Read more: https://t.co/gvWGBVHCK0