Book contents
- Homelessness, Liberty and Property
- Homelessness, Liberty and Property
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Homelessness and the Regulation of Public Property
- 1 Homelessness, Vagrancy Laws, and Municipal Ordinances
- 2 Homelessness and the Constitution
- 3 Homelessness, Liberty, and Property
- 4 Homelessness and the Insights of Republicanism
- 5 Nonegalitarian Coercion
- 6 Punitive Entrenchment
- 7 Homelessness, Public Property, and the State’s Fiduciary Duties
- 8 In Defense of the State’s Fiduciary Duties
- 9 Fulfilling the State’s Fiduciary Duties
- Conclusion
- Index
8 - In Defense of the State’s Fiduciary Duties
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
- Homelessness, Liberty and Property
- Homelessness, Liberty and Property
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Homelessness and the Regulation of Public Property
- 1 Homelessness, Vagrancy Laws, and Municipal Ordinances
- 2 Homelessness and the Constitution
- 3 Homelessness, Liberty, and Property
- 4 Homelessness and the Insights of Republicanism
- 5 Nonegalitarian Coercion
- 6 Punitive Entrenchment
- 7 Homelessness, Public Property, and the State’s Fiduciary Duties
- 8 In Defense of the State’s Fiduciary Duties
- 9 Fulfilling the State’s Fiduciary Duties
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter defends the State’s fiduciary duties discussed in the previous chapter. It demonstrates why various other ameliorative or coercive governmental measures either fail to mitigate domination or exacerbate it. These governmental measures include increased shelter spaces, zoning, concentration strategies, and dispersal tactics. The final parts of this chapter demonstrate why encampments are a partially justifiable response to homelessness. Yet the State must provide access to housing because individuals cannot justifiably establish encampments as a form of self-help .
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- Homelessness, Liberty and Property , pp. 147 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024