Three states have new camping ban laws this year
Service providers worry the laws will set back efforts to reduce homelessness
Homeless shelters don’t have enough beds in many communities
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Lack of shelter beds emerges as key issue in Supreme Court camping ban case
In Grants Pass, Oregon, a camping ban aimed to push unsheltered people “down the road”
Renters insurance doesn’t cover floods, surprising some tenants during climate disasters
Many renters don’t have flood insurance
In Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where rent’s twice the national average, voters rejected an affordable housing development
A local initiative against the development plan argued it was “overkill” and would create excessive traffic