‘Housing not handcuffs’: National advocacy groups take aim at Utah’s homeless campus

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 1,297

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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National homelessness advocates and Democratic members of Congress from other states aimed criticisms at Utah while launching a new campaign called “Housing Not Handcuffs” to fight any federal funding being used for “homeless detention camps.”

The National Homelessness Law Center, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., held a mass organizing call on Thursday to launch the campaign amid what the group described in a news release as “a surge in Trump-backed anti-homeless policies …

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