Court. Public Property Rights. Local Sheltering.

A federal court in Houston found Houston’s homeless ordinance against public camping unconstitutional.

The Court opinion includes: “”Enforcement of the city’s ban against the plaintiffs may, therefore, cause them irreparable harm by violating their Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment due to their status of ‘homelessness,'”

Texas Lawyer | Federal Judge Halts Houston’s Homeless Ordinance Banning Public Camping