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Abandoned and broken-down buildings in the area of the fire are common and often taken over by people who are unhoused.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-africa-fire-johannesburg-fatal-1.6952904?cmp=rss
A blitz of state or federal support will not put more than 46,000 unhoused Angelenos into warm places to sleep tonight.
“A challenge is the people who are unaware of forecasts, including the unhoused, tourists, older adults with limited internet access, and others,” Ebi said in an email.
Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul also for more officers and crisis training to assist the unhoused mentally ill.
Source: https://triblive.com/opinion/joseph-sabino-mistick-can-we-save-downtown-pittsburgh/
Amanda Burrows, executive director at First United in the Vancouver Down Town East Side and advocate for unhoused individuals, said bylaws restricting encampments on public property are criminalizing poverty.
An additional 6,000 unhoused Angelenos have been brought inside to date, she added.
Source: https://abc7.com/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-homeless-inside-safe/13376979/
And if we believe what they want you to believe today, they will say that we cannot tackle affordable housing and our unhoused neighbors and the crises that are happening on our streets right now.
Anna Cooper with the Pivot Legal Society says the fire department needs to work with unhoused people to come up with realistic and safe options to stay warm.
A “sweep” is when unhoused people’s camps are destroyed and people are forcefully removed from their survival spaces by police and city and state workers.
Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/09/18/letter-to-the-editor-stop-the-sweeping-of-homeless-camps/
Author Tracy Kidder shines a spotlight on Jim O’Connell, a Harvard-trained doctor who has spent 40 years caring for unhoused individuals in Boston, in “Rough Sleepers.”
BART has already made attempts to make its handling of some unhoused riders who may be disruptive more progressive, including by dispatching non-lethal “ambassadors” and crisis intervention experts throughout the system.
Camp for homeless people may be gaining steam” (July 28): Rehabilitation camps for the unhoused are an imperative.
Climate change amplifies these disasters, and economic precarity exacerbates their impacts for many, especially the unhoused, the elderly, the incarcerated.
Community outreach groups have played a key role in getting Narcan to unhoused people.
Dodson and others in the shopping cart industry say the rise in lost carts can be attributed to several factors, including unhoused people using them to hold their belongings or as shelter.
Source: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/01/shopping-carts-keep-disappearing-from-stores/
During a recent visit to Portland, Oregon, my husband and I watched a private security guard help up an unhoused man from the sidewalk.
Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/14/the-rise-of-private-cops-how-not-to-tackle-homelessness/
"Every business district in the city has the responsibility of shouldering some of the unhoused and being home to members of that community," Spencer says.
For Union Station (part of District 10), I’d love to implement a site similar to the Hub of Hope in Philadelphia, which offers unhoused neighbors a safe place to warm up, take a shower, do laundry, and connect with health care and housing resources.
Hansen has faced criticism from advocates and fellow candidates for a TV ad that features footage of unhoused people of color, links homelessness to rising crime and promises to step up enforcement of the camping ban.
He noticed the large number of unhoused people living on the streets.
Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/04/29/denver-affordable-housing-shortfall-major-cities/