'Hostile architecture' makes it impossible for homeless people to rest in public. One city just voted to eliminate it

Morgantown, West Virginia City Council voted 5-2 to prohibit the city from installing hostile architecture in public infrastructure, with a preliminary inventory identifying approximately 15 park benches, 18-20 transit benches, and 3 recreation benches that are considered hostile.

The resolution does not require replacement of existing hostile architecture, only that new installations and repairs avoid such designs; effectiveness depends on implementation over time.