CHARLOTTE — A Supreme Court opinion may have just put a target on the back of Charlotte’s homeless population.
It also has advocate groups fearing for the future.
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“Even if it’s just something as simple as a fine or a misdemeanor, if it creates any type of a negative record for them, that is what landlords look at and that is what can give them pause to not allow someone to come into their place and rent,” said Deborah Phillips, the executive director of Block Love CLT.
>> In the video at the top of the page, Channel 9′s Eli Brand talked with one city councilmember who said this could be the start of even more crackdowns.
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