Coalitions of housing advocates are rallying in several U.S. cities. They're calling on policymakers to find permanent and humane solutions to homelessness.
"The rent is too damn high," chanted a group of marchers at a rally in downtown Los Angeles Friday. The chant has been a years-long rallying cry for housing advocates.
Malouf marched Friday with"Housing is a Human Right," the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's housing advocacy division. Rallies with the NCH and the"Poor People's Campaign" are taking place this weekend in different parts of the country. In Los Angeles, there was a particular emphasis on encampment sweeps. "Young people are in foster care. They age out. They don't have nowhere to go," said Stanley Chatman with Housing is a Human Right."They don't have the luck of having parents or friends or family that help them, and they end up on the streets."