Atlanta mayor calls for moratorium on homeless encampment sweeps, organizers want more done
Mayor Andre Dickens is responding to community organizers calling for the city to stop sweeps of homeless encampments after a man died last week.
Family, activists demand pause on homeless encampment sweeps after Atlanta man's death
The family of a man killed by a truck during a sweep of a homeless encampment in Atlanta is heading to City Hall to demand officials change the policy they say led to his death.
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. According to a news release from the City of Grants Pass, organizations like U-Turn for Christ and ADAPT came to the camp early to assist those who were leaving.
Atlanta’s mayor calls for moratorium on homeless encampment sweeps
Mayor Andre Dickens is responding to community organizers calling for the city to stop sweeps of homeless encampments after a man died last week.
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.
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.
Protestors want sweeps of homeless camps stopped after man killed by City of Atlanta bulldozer
Taylor was killed when a city bulldozer ran over his tent during a sweep of a homeless encampment near Ebenezer Baptist Church on Jan. 16. Some advocates believe the city was trying to clean up the area in advance of MLK festivities planned the next week.
Atlanta News First at 7: Arrest made in 2019 Gwinnett homicide cold case, family demanding answers after man killed in Atlanta homeless encampment sweep
A break in a 2019 homicide case in Gwinnett County was made Thursday. Gwinnett County investigators uncovered new evidence in a murder mystery with the help of the victim’s family. Police charged Carmen Marie Hunt in the murder of 61-year-old Ray Neal.
Family of man killed in homeless encampment sweep gather at Atlanta City Hall, demand change
A week after a man was killed during a city sweep of a homeless encampment, his family and community organizers are gathering at Atlanta City Hall to demand change.
Atlanta City Council discusses death of homeless man during encampment sweep
The death of an unhoused man during an encampment cleanout was brought up at the latest Atlanta City Council meeting on Thursday.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Proposal to fine people sleeping in homeless encampments in Paterson, N.J. blocked by lawmakers
Elected officials in Paterson, New Jersey have voted down a proposal that would fine or jail people sleeping in public spaces.
One person found dead after fire at homeless camp
One person was found dead Wednesday after a fire at the Seaside homeless camp on Avenue S. Officials did not release the ...