Punishing Poverty: Why Cities Keep Fining People With Nowhere to Go

We keep asking how people sleeping on the sidewalk are supposed to pay hundreds of dollars in citation fees? And where are they supposed to go when the shelters are full? Instead of punishing homeless people, maybe we should be punishing our elected officials. Today in Invisible People’s Homelessness News: Week of July 13th, 2026. Hosted by Blake Alexander. For more, visit us online and sign up for our bi-weekly email.