{"id":1921076,"date":"2023-04-29T02:12:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-bill-would-allow-homeless-people-to-sue-residents-if-they-are-harassed\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T02:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T06:15:52","slug":"oregon-bill-would-allow-homeless-people-to-sue-residents-if-they-are-harassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-bill-would-allow-homeless-people-to-sue-residents-if-they-are-harassed\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon bill would allow homeless people to sue residents if they are &#8216;harassed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-bill-would-allow-homeless-people-to-sue-residents-if-they-are-harassed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article\">\n<h2>Oregon Democrats propose bill allowing homeless to sue residents for &#8220;harassment&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Residents of Oregon are up in arms over a new bill proposed by Democrats that would allow homeless people to sue residents for &#8220;harassment.&#8221; The bill, known as the Right to Rest Act, would also decriminalize homeless camps and allow aggrieved parties to sue for $1,000 for each incident of harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Many residents complain of harassment and improper behavior on the part of the homeless population in cities such as Portland. In response, the bill blames homelessness on &#8220;economic hardship, a shortage of safe and affordable housing, the inability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufo-whistleblower-alleges-pentagon-smear-campaign\/\" title=\"UFO Whistleblower Alleges Pentagon Smear Campaign\">obtain gainful employment<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-bill-would-allow-homeless-people-to-sue-residents-if-they-are-harassed\/\" title=\"Oregon bill would allow homeless people to sue residents if they are 'harassed'\">disintegrating social safety net system<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>What the bill entails<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows homeless people to sue residents for &#8220;harassment&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Decriminalizes homeless camps<\/li>\n<li>Allows aggrieved parties to sue for $1,000 for each incident of harassment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The bill defines harassment as a &#8220;knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-coalition-targets-l-a-democrat-after-homeless-encampment-uprooted-and-park-cleaned\/\" title=\"Progressive Coalition Targets L.A. Democrat After Homeless Encampment Uprooted And Park Cleaned\">person experiencing homelessness<\/a> that a reasonable person would consider as seriously alarming, tormenting or terrorizing of the person experiencing homelessness.&#8221; However, it does not consider the vice versa of homeless people harassing residents \u2014 something many have complained about.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, local residents have complained of increasing crime and harassment from the homeless populations of Oregon&#8217;s main cities, especially Portland. In December, a homeless woman was arrested after shoving a 3-year-old girl onto the Gateway Transit Center train tracks in Portland. The girl was waiting for a train with her mother.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on residents<\/h3>\n<p>Many residents have reported feeling urged to move for the first time, saying the homelessness crisis makes life unbearable. &#8220;It makes you not feel that great about living here. It makes living in the neighborhood harder, not as congenial as it could be,\u201d said 30-year-old Portland resident Greg Dilkes of the homeless encampment near his home. &#8220;It\u2019s the first time in a long time that we\u2019ve actually seriously thought about moving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most people don\u2019t want to have to worry about if they can leave their car parked in their driveway overnight without maybe having it broken into. It\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-are-fleeing-portland-because-its-a-hellhole\/\" title=\"Families Are Fleeing Portland Because It\u2019s A Hellhole\">pretty testy subject<\/a>,&#8221; another resident said.<\/p>\n<h3>Homelessness in Oregon<\/h3>\n<p>Homelessness has surged in Oregon over the past several years, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of 2020, the state&#8217;s three largest counties experienced a 65% increase in homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the Right to Rest Act will be passed into law, but it has certainly sparked a heated debate among residents of Oregon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon Democrats have put forth a bill that would allow homeless people to sue residents for &#8220;harassment.&#8221; House Bill 3501, also known as the Right to Rest Act, would allow aggrieved parties to sue for $1,000 for each incident of harassment. It would also decriminalize homeless camps. 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