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The Homeless Bill of Rights (also Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Acts of Living bill) refers to legislation protecting the civil and human rights of homeless people. These laws affirm that homeless people have equal rights to medical care, free speech, free movement, voting, opportunities for employment, and privacy. Legislation of this type has become law in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Illinois and is under consideration by several other U.S. states. ==Controversy over Legislation Affecting the Homeless== (詳細はloitering, vagrancy, sitting or lying on the sidewalk, begging, eating in public, and other behaviors. These codes disproportionately affect homeless people.〔 The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty concludes its report on the "criminalization of homelessness" with an exhortation to change the laws:〔The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, "(Criminalizing Crisis: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities )", November 2011.〕 Business interests, represented by the California Chamber of Commerce, have called Assemblymember Tom Ammiano's Homeless Person's Bill of Rights 〔 a "job killer" which would create "costly and unreasonable mandates on employers."〔”(Updated homeless 'bill of rights' passes CA legislative committee )”; ''Sacramento Bee'', 23 April 2013.〕 Some municipalities and local politicians also oppose the laws, which impose state authority to overturn local regulations. San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener commented:〔 The ''Los Angeles Times'' suggested in an editorial that the Homeless Bill of Rights does not go far enough unless accompanied by economic resources allocated to provide housing.〔Editorial: "(Homeless rights bill is wrong: There's no point in criminalizing homelessness. But a proposed 'bill of rights' is not the answer either. What the homeless really need are resources )", ''Los Angeles Times'', 11 January 2013.〕 Joel John Roberts, CEO of People Assisting the Homeless, argued similarly that the Homeless Bill of Rights may be toothless and even enabling. Roberts writes:〔Joel John Roberts, "(Is a Homelessness Bill of Rights Just a Bill of Goods? )", ''Huffington Post'', 22 June 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homeless Bill of Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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