The East Lansing City Council postponed a vote during their Tuesday meeting on proposed ordinances to ban loitering in parking areas and public camping that community members and housing advocates say would criminalize homelessness.
The proposed bans on public camping and loitering in parking areas were recommended by a city committee headed by Police Chief Jennifer Brown late last year in response to concerns raised about downtown safety.
There’s been strong pushback from community members and advocacy groups that say the new rules would continue cycles of poverty and prevent unhoused residents from obtaining housing…