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Advocates press committee to bar penalties for life‑sustaining acts by people experiencing homelessness; municipalities urge coordinated resources
Summary
A broad coalition of homelessness advocates, mayors and people with lived experience urged lawmakers to pass HB 7033, prohibiting municipalities from imposing penalties on people performing life‑sustaining activities when no safe alternative exists.
Advocates, municipal leaders and people with lived experience urged the Housing Committee to approve a bill banning penalties for life‑sustaining activities by people experiencing homelessness (HB 7033). Supporters argued criminalization compounds harm: testimony from advocates and people with lived experience described fines, arrests and property seizures that prevented individuals from accessing shelter or housing later. Witnesses — including Sarah Fox of the Connecticut Coalition to…
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