Some of the earliest residency requirements for the poor were enacted to determine eligibility for public assistance during

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The earliest residency requirements for the poor were enacted in Colonial America, where laws were passed to prohibit the movement of the indigent from one jurisdiction to another. These laws were based on the belief that local communities should not have to bear the burden of caring for individuals who were not originally from their area.

Some of the Earliest Residency Requirements for the Poor Were