Nonprofits Reach Settlement with Grants Pass to 'Protect' Homeless Oregonians with Disabilities

Grants Pass to provide 150 camping spaces, $60K in services after disability rights suit

The city previously made headlines for the U.S. Supreme Court case allowing penalties for camping prohibited by local ordinances.

Nonprofits reach settlement with Grants Pass to 'protect' homeless Oregonians with disabilities

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City of Grants Pass reached a settlement with two nonprofits that challenged the city’s camping policies in an effort to improve conditions for homeless people with disabilities. In January, nonprofit organizations Disability Rights Oregon and Oregon Law Center filed an emergency lawsuit aiming to pause the city’s recent homeless camping policies -- arguing that the city was violating state law that required camping r…

Grants Pass to provide 150 camping spaces, $60k in services after disability rights suit

The city of Grants Pass, which gained national attention for its practice of punishing homeless people for camping outside, has agreed to provide at least 150 spaces for individuals to do so. (Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle)A southern Oregon city that gained national attention for its practice of punishing homeless people for camping outside has agreed to provide at least 150 spaces for individuals to do so after a lawsuit alleged its pract…