On July 21, 2024, the Orlando Sentinel published a commentary by Pathway Homes CEO Sylisa Lambert-Woodard regarding the Supreme Court’s recent decision that affects homeless people across the country:
“I have been watching other communities nationwide struggling with how to address homelessness. For some areas, their answer is to criminalize it, which disturbingly was just upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional. That’s being mulled over here in Central Florida as well. It’s unfortunate that their best idea for ending homelessness is to make it a crime.
As the leader of Pathway Homes of Florida, we work hard to keep people out of homelessness by embracing the Housing First model. We know that getting people into housing is the best first step to connect them with critical mental health and social services so they can reconnect with their lives. That’s why it’s disturbing to see a push to outlaw homelessness…”
