By Sarah Kerr.
How will the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Grants Pass affect Phoenix’s treatment of the unhoused? The author argues that Grants Pass will give Phoenix the “green light” to aggressively enforce the city’s recently expanded anti-camping ban, which will further the criminalization of homelessness and police officers’ inhumane treatment of the unhoused. Instead of turning to criminal laws to address homelessness, the author proposes that Phoenix follow Houston, Texas’s approach to implementing the “Housing First” model.