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In addition to "homeless and poor families" a number of protestors stayed at the encampment temporarily and participated in antipoverty protests led by the KWRU. [164] In August 2013, 20 homeless women and children slept outside a homeless intake building on Juniper Street to protest the lack of available shelter beds at the start of the school ...
A homeless encampment sweep is the forced removal of homeless people and their property from a public area. It is a frequently-used strategy to mitigate issues related to homelessness. [ 1 ] Often called "encampment resolutions" or "clean-ups" by local governments, they are alternatively labeled "sweeps" by advocacy groups . [ 2 ]
On November 4, Occupy Eugene relocated their camp to Washington Jefferson Park between 6th and 7th Avenues. [151] On December 27, the last remaining occupant left the camp at Washington Jefferson Park. [152] The movement continues with a new goal: to proliferate free and open urban communes for their own sake.
On any given night in the U.S., an estimated 650,000 people are experiencing homelessness, and the nation's capital has the highest rate in the country, with 73 out of every 10,000 people being ...
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Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017
The homeless population increased by 22% from 2022 to 2023, and that number continued upward in 2024, with a 1.8% increase, according to The Community Shelter Board's annual "point-in-time" count ...