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Sacramento considers a "right to housing" for people without homes

by Matt Levin

Jan 3, 2022

If the city lacks enough homeless housing, the proposal would allow a homeless person to sue. But short-term shelter must be accepted.

A homeless man adjusts a tent at a Sacramento encampment in 2009. Today, more than 11,000 people are homeless in the California capital.

Justin Sullivan via Getty Images

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