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Florida's new homeless law bans people experiencing homelessness from sleeping on public land and mandates cities and municipalities to create encampments. ... (HB) 1365, will make it illegal for ...
The 6-3 decision was praised by Florida Republican Sam Garrison, the Fleming Island representative who sponsored HB 1365, "Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping."
If Gov. DeSantis wants to force cities to get homeless out of view, Florida needs to provide resources for housing and social services.
City officials are still looking into what the legislation, H.B. 1365, might mean for them. "The governor signed HB 1365 on Wednesday, March 20," West Palm Beach Director of Communications Diane ...
During the Legislature's latest session, Florida's homeless population was estimated to be about 30,700 in 2023. That's a fraction of the homeless populations in many large U.S. cities, ...
Local governments across Florida are bracing for Oct. 1, the effective start date of a ban on sleeping in public that could upend how the state deals with homelessness.. Signed into law by Gov ...
"Unauthorized Public Camping and Public Sleeping" (HB 1365/ SB 1530) ... Of the approximately 30,000 homeless in Florida, which includes those living in shelters, hotels or doubling up with other ...
Rep. Sam Garrison, R-Fleming Island, said that was the intent of the bill, to connect the chronically homeless with mental health treatment. He called the new initiative "the Florida model."