Can a person in a homeless shelter be kicked out?
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Can a person in a homeless shelter be kicked out?
We have a shelter here that threatens to kick people on the street with no other living arrangements. Staff blackmailing and threatening residents for not allowing them to be disrespectful and violating civil and human rights. Complied to all rules and programs required to stay at the shelter. Can one be kicked out with nowhere to live?
Asked on March 10, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Iowa
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
There is no law which says that a person cannot be evicted if he or she has nowhere else to go. Also, there is no law generally forcing or requiring communities to provide homeless shelters. So the answer is, that this depends on the rules, articles of incorporation, etc. governing each shelter--some shelters may be set up so that they cannot turn anyone away, though I suspect that most reserve the right to kick out anyone who is disruptive to, or a danger to, the other residents of the shelter. You'd have to look at the documents establishing the shelter in question to determine whether residents can be evicted even if they have no other shelter or residence available.
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