With public camping a felony, Tennessee homeless seek refuge
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Neither does Luke Eldridge, a man who has worked with homeless people in the city of Cookeville and supports Bailey’s plan — in part because he hopes it will spur people who care about the homeless to work with him on long-term solutions.The law requires that violators receive at least 24 hours notice before an arrest. Eldridge estimates there are about 60 people living outside more or less permanently in Cookeville, and he knows them all.“Most of them have been here a few years, and not once have they asked for housing help,” he said. “If you have a felony on your record — holy smokes!” she said.Eldridge, like Sen. Bailey, said he doesn’t expect many people to be prosecuted for sleeping on public property. “I can promise, they’re not going to be out here rounding up homeless people,” he said of Cookeville law enforcement. “Criminalizing homelessness just makes people criminals,” Watts said.
As said here by TRAVIS LOLLER