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Minneapolis clears homeless encampments
A homeless camp near Cedar and Franklin avenues in Minneapolis was cleared out by the city and state Tuesday morning.
Class action lawsuit seeks end to police sweeps of Minneapolis homeless encampments
A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Monday against the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, local officials and law enforcement on behalf of seven people who currently or formerly lived in homeless encampments in Minneapolis public parks. The lawsuit, filed by the ACLU of Minnesota and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, follows repeated police sweeps of homeless […]
When considering park encampments, consider the neighborhood and its people, too
As with Powderhorn Park and others around Minneapolis, the encampment at Peavey Park was portrayed as a “sanctuary” for the homeless, and there was some hoopla when the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board evicted some tents out of the park recently. park police and bulldozers at peavey currently, eviction attempt has began. get to the […]
Half of people living in Powderhorn encampments are Native
More than 500 tents are spread across two encampments in Powderhorn Park, but the number of people living there according to a recent survey of its residents is far fewer: 282. The encampments have swelled in Powderhorn Park and in other parks across Minneapolis since the Park Board approved a resolution on June 17 declaring […]
Powderhorn Park neighborhood residents want a solution to homeless encampments by Friday
Tresa Kier is one of about 100 people who have moved into a homeless encampment in Powderhorn Park after officials shut down a nearby former Sheraton hotel, which volunteers had turned into a shelter. For now, Kier is content sleeping in her small, one-person tent in the park. She said she’s looking forward to getting a […]
State Senator says campgrounds should reopen because there are homeless encampments
State Senator Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, deleted a tweet Tuesday featuring a video of him standing in front of tents pitched along a busy street in St. Paul to make the argument for Gov. Tim Walz to reopen campgrounds. “As you can see behind me, we’ve got a nice little tent city set up here,” […]
Governor says homeless encampments may be cleared, against CDC guidance
When Metro Transit shut down overnight train and bus service in March because of COVID-19, Andre Adams lost his shelter. “We went to a park until we got put out of there. We went to a parking ramp until we got put out of there,” Adams said. “They are putting everybody out of every place.” […]
30 homeless women evacuated from encampment to hotels
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center was awarded a $400,000 contract to house 30 homeless, single, Native women who were moved out of two encampments near Cedar and Franklin avenues in early October.
Indigenous leaders alarmed at chaos of growing Franklin Street encampment
As cars whizzed by on Franklin Avenue, Jasmine Davis, 34, stood inches away from their tires Tuesday morning, picking up discarded, ketchup-smeared Styrofoam takeout boxes, empty Marlboro cartons, an orange Crush can and a donut with barely a bite missing. Davis wore latex gloves and a blue Bryn Mawr jersey, but wasn’t one of the […]
Indoor tiny house village for homeless people set to open next month in Minneapolis
Inside a former publishing warehouse in Minneapolis’ trendy North Loop neighborhood, an entire tiny house community is being built to shelter 100 people experiencing homelessness. By the time it opens next month, street names will be added to the rows between the structures, each with four to eight individual rooms painted green, blue, yellow and […]