“To date, when faced with an amnesic problem, we thought of attention deficits or difficulties in acquiring information. Our results suggest that there could also be a failure in these segmentation signals, in how information is structured in the brain”, they note.

Quote above: this is science at its best. Many people who are homeless have traumatic brain injuries, neurological conditions, drug addictions, alcohol addictions. How many people are just one paycheck from homelessness.

Jul 19, 2025

The Safer Kentucky Act Is Making Homelessness Worse. Across America, new laws are punishing homeless people simply for existing. In Kentucky, the Safer Kentucky Act makes it illegal to sit, lie down, or carry something as basic as a blanket in public. Homeless people are being fined, arrested, and jailed, even when they have nowhere else to live. We went to Louisville to see the impact firsthand. We spoke with people who’ve been cited for sleeping, threatened with jail, and forced to move from place to place every few days, losing their belongings again and again. One elderly woman told us how a police officer dragged her down a set of stairs. We also highlight the story of a pregnant woman who was given a citation while she was in labor. This isn’t just happening in Kentucky. Since the Grants Pass Supreme Court ruling, over 260 cities have passed similar laws. These policies don’t reduce homelessness; they make it worse. But we’ve also seen what works: housing-first programs, low-barrier shelters, and supportive services that restore dignity, save lives, and save taxpayer money. We’re wasting lives and taxpayer dollars on failed policies. The only real way forward is housing and support, not handcuffs. More arrests won’t end homelessness. Housing will. ✊ Take action to support the Housing Not Handcuffs Act: https://housingnothandcuffs.org/hnhact Support VOCAL Kentucky here: https://vocal-ky.org This documentary is a collaboration between Invisible People and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. MORE: Illegal to Sleep: Grants Pass’ Cruel War on Homelessness    • Illegal to Sleep: Grants Pass’ Cruel War o…   From a Tent to a Home: No Longer Homeless    • From a Tent to a Home: No Longer Homeless   Can We End Homelessness? Hennepin County Shows How    • Can We End Homelessness? Hennepin County S…