seems like a crude way to address the homeless problem. US ideological culture means that it is unable to authorise the state intervention required to remedy homelessness, so instead goes the opposite way by denying every citizen their natural rights. It's <i>public</i> land, which surely means the people can sleep on it
What this does is put people at the mercy of property owners. In other words, simply to exist one must either own land or pay someone rent (if this was implemented everywhere which is how one should evaluate its morality).<p>Reminds me of <i>Are you a Real Libertarian, or a ROYAL Libertarian?</i>:<p>> <i>When the state granted land titles to a fraction of the population, it gave that fraction devices with which to levy, and pocket, tolls on the fruits of the labor of others. Those without land privileges must either buy or rent those privileges from the people who received the grants or from their assignees. Thus the state titles enable large landowners to collect a transfer payment, or "free lunch" from the actual land users.</i><p><a href="https://geolib.com/essays/sullivan.dan/royallib.html" rel="nofollow">https://geolib.com/essays/sullivan.dan/royallib.html</a>