Shelter
"The most recent report, Out of Sight – Out of Mind?, which
surveyed advocates and service providers in 50 of the largest U.S.
cities, found that 86 percent of the cities surveyed had laws that
prohibited or restricted begging, while 73 percent prohibited or
restricted sleeping and/or camping. Over one-third of the cities
surveyed have initiated crackdowns on homeless people, according to the
survey respondents, and almost half of the cities have engaged in
police "sweeps" in the past two years."
courtesy Kristen Brown Outlawing Homelessness Shelter Force Online Issue #106, July/August 1999