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.
The ACLU said that the city closed Coronado Park, a place where homeless New Mexicans could sleep at night, by fencing it off, ultimately forcing those staying at the park to leave and got rid of their belongings, according to the suit. People carry a banner during a silent march to Wells Park to honor the memories of Homeless who died in 2022, in Albuquerque, on Dec. 21, 2022.In this photo taken Dec. 19, 2022, Coronado Park in Albuquerque remains closed after the City moved all the homeless out of the park near Downtown Albuquerque last summer.There aren’t enough shelter spaces in Albuquerque for even close to every homeless person to go to the shelters, Ives said, describing the conditions at the shelters as “inhumane.
Individuals experiencing homelessness in Albuquerque have declined in the last 22 years, according to data from the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness . In 2000, about 2,002 homeless people were living in the city. As of Jan. 31, 2022, that figure sits at 1,311, according to a recent report by NMCEH.In the first quarter of 2022, rent in Albuquerque increased between 10% and 19.9%, according to the ACLU.
They demand respect after they treat people like💩
The poor man looks SO downtrodden just by his rear facing, sitting position, body posture. No human deserves to be kicked when they are down. New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, you can do better than this… -max
Can't be worse than LA treatment of the homeless can it? I mean la turns a fire hose on them and throws their stuff away once a week.
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