Washington implemented a landmark law to ban all discrimination against homeless people. Over the four years Rich has been homeless in Washington DC, he says he has experienced discrimination based on his skin colour, dreadlocked hair – and his housing status. This month, Washington implemented a landmark law to ban all discrimination against homeless people – whether by employers, landlords, law enforcement, private businesses or others. READ | Food-delivery drivers in Shanghai forced to become homeless - lockdown means they can't enter their homesThe probes and penalties make the law "monumental", said Lily Milwit, an attorney at the National Homeless Law Centre. Three states have already passed homeless “bills of rights”, though all are more limited in scope and lack enforcement mechanisms, said the National Homeless Law Centre's Milwit.

Source: News 24 October 07, 2022 22:51 UTC