Florida’s New Law Bans Homeless from Public Sleeping: How 31,000+ People Will Be Affected

Florida's Senate signed legislation, House Bill 1365, to be effective starting from October 2024, has imposed strict rules for the Homeless people living on public property.

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There are approximately 31,000 people experiencing homelessness in Florida and the government is fully hopeful to find necessary means for shelter and housing of these people.

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Jacksonville's Sheriff, T.K Waters also spoke with News4jax, a local news channel, about measures that they were going to take regarding this issue.

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Social workers and advocates are of the opinion that criminalizing these homeless people will not address their root issues.

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This new law attempts to address a social issue through legislation and it is definitely going to be a challenge in terms of finding effective implementation strategies for the problem.

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