New lawsuit thrusts Oregon city
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Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments
Oregon city at center of SCOTUS ruling hit with fresh suit over homeless camp closure
New lawsuit thrusts Oregon city once again into national spotlight on homelessness
A disability rights advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit to halt the city of Grants Pass from closing one of two sanctioned homeless camps and restricting the hours of the other. The suit is the first major case following last summer’s U.
The City Council ordered one of the only two sites for legal camping closed in the middle of January, in the middle of bitterly cold weather, without any regard for where people would live,” the suit says.
The non-profit group Disability Rights Oregon and five disabled homeless residents have sued the city of Grants Pass claiming new camping restrictions violate state laws.
Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit against the City of Grants Pass this morning, saying the city's recent closure of two homeless encampments is putting unhoused people with disabilities at risk.
Disability Rights Oregon along with the Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit Thursday against Grants Pass, attempting to stop the city from closing the J Street resting site. According to a joint press release from the two organizations,
Two advocacy groups and five homeless people sued Grants Pass on Thursday in a bid to force the southern Oregon city to change its restrictions on homeless camping that put people with disabilities and others in peril.
Two law firms, Disability Rights Oregon and Oregon Law Center, say the city of Grants Pass is forcing unhoused residents to live in life-threatening conditions.
With overnight temperatures forecasted to hold out above freezing in Grants Pass this weekend, one of the few resources available to the unhoused may have to close its doors overnight. The Mobile Integrative Navigation Team or MINT severe weather shelter has seen a significant increase in the number of people passing
On Friday morning, homeless residents dragged tarps and carried piles on their backs, heaping their belongings just outside the fence. They were given until 9 a.m. to get their possessions off the city-owned site.
The fire was called in around 3:45 a.m. Thursday. Both McLoughlin Boulevard and Main Street in Oregon City are also closed.
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