In 2015, the city of Boise began ticketing and arresting the homeless for the lone fact that they lacked a permanent place to live. Going out of its way to create new laws banning common behaviors associated with the homeless community, such as lying down in public, sharing food, and sitting on the sidewalk. Rather than dealing with the issue of homelessness head on Boise chose to harass the homeless with the hopes that they would gather their things and leave. For a short span of time, this method did act as a ‘resolution' for Idaho’s high homeless rates. However in time the rates were put back in its original place as the homeless community found methods to avoiding the strict policies. In comparison to Utah’s large population, the state
