A case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court centers around this question: can cities punish people for living outdoors if there’s no other place for them to go? The court’s ruling, which is expected as early as June, could change homelessness policy nationwide — and it all started in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Street Roots Newspaper reporter Jeremiah Hayden spent time in Grants Pass & covered oral arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson in Washington, DC. He joins us to share some of the voices of Oregonians behind the legal case, and consider what the case could mean for cities in the Pacific Northwest and across the country.

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