Spokane City Council pumps brakes on homeless anti-discrimination law after pushback from business interests and Mayor Brown

Freshman Spokane City Council member Lili Navarrete didn’t expect her proposed homeless anti-discrimination law to cause such an uproar. When she introduced the ordinance last month, the goal was simple: Protect homeless people from discrimination when they apply for housing or jobs by adding “housing status” to the city’s list of protected classes.

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