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7 - Homelessness, Public Property, and the State’s Fiduciary Duties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

Terry Skolnik
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University of Ottawa
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This chapter discusses the State’s three fiduciary duties related to homelessness and public property. Its opening parts describe why the State and individuals are in a fiduciary relationship and why the State has an overarching fiduciary duty to counteract domination. It then discusses other fiduciary relationships that arise in public law contexts. It then explains how the State has three fiduciary duties, all of which seek to minimize domination. More specifically, the State has fiduciary duties to: (1) end homelessness and secure access to housing, (2) maintain public property’s shared value, and (3) legitimize laws that regulate public space. It elucidates the relationship between these three duties.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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