If a person sleeping outside turns down a shelter bed, what should be done?
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I have one more new story to share, published today. It’s about a community grappling with new and growing homeless tent encampments (as so many cities now are) and how its leaders tried to straddle a line between helping unhoused residents at one encampment and clearing them under pressure. In the end, they cleared all 50, even though research suggests that will likely further traumatize residents, and even though leaders didn’t know where the people experiencing homelessness will go. They were able to offer some shelter beds, but no real housing or shelter options with privacy, like a motel room.
If a person sleeping outside turns down a shelter bed, what should be done?
If a person sleeping outside turns down a…
If a person sleeping outside turns down a shelter bed, what should be done?
I have one more new story to share, published today. It’s about a community grappling with new and growing homeless tent encampments (as so many cities now are) and how its leaders tried to straddle a line between helping unhoused residents at one encampment and clearing them under pressure. In the end, they cleared all 50, even though research suggests that will likely further traumatize residents, and even though leaders didn’t know where the people experiencing homelessness will go. They were able to offer some shelter beds, but no real housing or shelter options with privacy, like a motel room.