Fires at homeless encampments are under the spotlight as San Diego fights to keep blazes at bay
The shopping cart hadn’t originally been black. Fire, however, had charred the metal and warped its plastic child seat. Much ...
Atlanta stops clearing homeless encampments after city truck runs over and kills sleeping man
Atlanta plans to stop the clearing of homeless encampments after a man sleeping in his tent was killed by a city Public Works ...
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Atlanta mayor backs moratorium on homeless encampment sweeps, calls for policy review after man’s death
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is backing a moratorium on clearing homeless encampments and called for a review of city policy ...
Homeless tent camp on track to be removed from Gompers Park on Northwest Side
Ald. Samantha Nugent says the city promised to begin a process next month to help move unhoused people from the park into ...
What happens when Providence removes homeless encampments? Here's what we found.
There are no laws preventing people from sleeping outside on public property, but city police can get involved if there's a ...
Concerns over homeless encampments in local park prompt community to take action
Residents of Mt. Washington have voiced their worries about the dangers and negative impact these encampments have on local ...
After tent fires at St. Paul homeless encampment, firefighters learn wood-burning grill was providing heat
No injuries were reported. An occupant of the tent where the fire is believed to have started reported he had a wood-burning ...
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Atlanta Mayor Dickens backs pause on homeless encampment clearings
The announcement comes amid calls for changes to the city’s homeless strategy after a sweep by city workers left a man dead.
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Elgin’s ‘Tent City’ residents move to hotel, cleanup begins at former homeless encampment
Forty-one residents of Elgin’s “Tent City” homeless encampment were relocated to a hotel this week as work to clean the ...
Fairfield park playground goes up in flames after neighbors called 911 reporting homeless encampment fires
A playground caught fire and was destroyed over the weekend in Fairfield's state streets neighborhood along the Linear Park ...
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City of Grants Pass sweeps homeless encampment at J Street
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Everyone who was camping inside the homeless encampment at 755 J Street has left the fenced area.
Homeless man crushed to death as Atlanta city authorities attempted to clear encampment
On Thursday, January 16, 49-year-old Cornelius Taylor was killed in Atlanta, Georgia, when the tent he was sleeping in was razed by a front loader ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations.