Democrats in Oregon are proposing a law which would expand the rights of homeless people by decriminalizing encampments and allowing homeless people to sue if they feel harassed.
Do Oregon Democrats want more homeless? Because this is one way to get that.
Townhall reports:
Oregon Democrats Want to Give Homeless the Right to Sue If Forced to Move Their EncampmentsAt this point, Democrats aren’t even trying to hide the fact they are out to destroy the country.Oregon proposed a law allowing homeless people to sue municipalities for as much as $1,000 per violation as part of a new initiative to decriminalize homelessness.House Bill 3501, known as the Right to Rest Act, would allow homeless individuals to use public spaces in “the same manner as any other person” without discrimination for their housing status, despite residents expressing frustration over the impending safety and hygienic issue.Homeless people could also be awarded a hefty sum if they are “harassed” by anyone trying to make them move.Oregon’s recent growth in homelessness is among the largest in the U.S., growing by 23 percent between 2020 and 2022 and increasing by 3,304 people to about 18,000.While Portland has seen a decrease in population, homelessness spiked by 50 percent from 2019 to 2022.
FOX News has more:
Oregon Democrats propose ‘Right to Rest Act’ decriminalizing public camping as homeless crisis surgesThe bill says that “persons experiencing homelessness” will “be permitted to use public spaces in the same manner as any other person without discrimination based on their housing status” and states that homeless individuals have a right to “move freely in public spaces without discrimination and time limitations that are based on housing status.”The housing bill comes as homelessness in Oregon spiked in 2022, Oregon Public Radio reported, and residents in cities like Portland and Eugene have sounded the alarm about the negative effects of homeless encampments.”I love Portland, and I love where I live,” Portland homeowner Jacob Adams told “Fox & Friends” in February in a plea to elected officials to do something about a homeless encampment next to his house, where fires and drug activity have terrorized his family.”I’m asking you to please do something, so the people of the city feel safe.”Armand Martens, an 83-year-old Vietnam veteran who also lives next to Adams, told a local outlet he felt safer walking down the streets of Saigon than he does in Portland.
When do the tax paying citizens of Oregon get a little consideration?
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