Anti-Camping Ordinances are Harmful

As an organization of health professionals concerned with addressing the gravest threats to public health in our state, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) is alarmed by the trend across Washington municipalities to criminalize homelessness by way of anti-camping ordinances. We are especially troubled by the use of public health language to justify punitive legislation that would prohibit people experiencing homelessness from seeking shelter on city property. 

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