Attorneys from the law firm of Ives and Flores, the ACLU-NM and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty filed suit Monday, accusing the state's largest city of illegally destroying property and encampments for the homeless, as well as jailing and fining them.
Albuquerque has gotten rid of tents, bed rolls, shopping carts, identification cards and even birth certificates, all things that can help people escape homeless, Ives said. "Unhoused people in Albuquerque make up the city's most vulnerable population," the lawsuit reads. "Subject to the harms and indignities of abject poverty, many unhoused people live outdoors, exposed to the extremes of Albuquerque's climate, to hunger, thirst and to the constant fears and worries that accompany being unsheltered."
Albuquerque has designated lots or partial lots that has space for tents, recreational vehicles, and/or light vehicles and can offer social services and support facilities as Safe Outdoor Spaces.according to the city.
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