United States Homeless will be fined $ 1,000 or 6 months in prison for building camps or sleeping on sidewalks, according to new regulations in the city of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas City Council, Nevada, USA, on November 6, passed a decree banning people from setting up camps or sleeping on sidewalks, in order to encourage more than 6,500 people wandering in the state to live in housing quarters for people. homeless.

According to the decree, it is illegal to set up camps or sleep on public walkways such as sidewalks, downtown areas and residential areas, if the camp assists homeless people.

The new regulation will take effect on November 10, although sanctions will only be applied from February 2020.

City Council said Las Vegas has pledged $ 16 million to support the Homeless Resource Center, which provides accommodation and a range of other services to homeless people.

"The city believes the decree will benefit the homeless, while protecting the health and safety of the community," Mayor Caroyln G. Goodman wrote on Twitter.

Opponents, however, argue that the new rules only make it more difficult for the homeless and create conditions for police as well as prosecutors to arrest people wandering the streets.

Las Vegas is currently one of the cities with the largest homeless population in the United States due to expensive rent, unemployment, addiction and lack of mental health care. According to a 2016 survey of more than 400 homeless people in Las Vegas, 84% regularly sleep on the streets, instead of going to camps for wandering and missing people.