#homeless encampment

[ppcbug]

As our government funds global initiatives and conflicts some of our neighbours are literally living in tents. A month ago this encampment already had quite a few tents now it has gotten even bigger.

It’s absolutely crazy how encampments are left to keep growing even when they pose a threat to public safety. After a camp fire tent city is still going strong 😂 . This is also not just one area! You don’t have to walk far at all to run into other encampments too.

It’s time to help our fellow Canadians!

#voteppc to put Canada first

#street photography #homeless encampment #toronto #camp fire #public safety #ppc #people's party of canada #cadpoli #canada first #poverty #voteppc

[chronicallycouchbound]

The last time I saw several different friends before they passed away was during homeless encampment sweeps. When they were displaced, with no phone, no way to get in contact, I never heard from them again.

And I also know that they had no way to get access to services from outreach workers, to get their basic needs met, to have even emotional support through the trauma of homelessness. Their deaths could have been prevented.

Stopping the sweeps saves lives.

#chronically couchbound #homeless #unhoused #stop the sweeps #homeless rights #houseless #houselessness #houseism #homelessness #homeless encampment #community outreach #chronic homelessness #chronically homeless #precariously housed #stopping sweeps saves lives #communal trauma #cptsd #trauma #healing #grieving #grief #unhoused grief

[bikerlovertexas]

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[damn-these-eyes]

don’t be coy Roy

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[if-you-fan-a-fire]

The City of Kingston has reached a new low by deliberately misinterpreting Justice Carter’s Decision regarding evicting the encampment. Contrary to what Bryan Paterson believes (or at least states publicly), the ruling didn’t give the city a green light to evict during the day time.

Speaking of lights, perhaps the most absurd part of the deliberately misinterpreted strategy for evicting during the daytime is that the City of Kingston plans to install a traffic light to inform encampment residents regarding when they can be in the park.

So what did Justice Carter’s decision say? It’s worth reading all of it. We should add that some of it did disappoint us - for instance - why didn’t Justice Carter simply ask the City of Kingston and the Kingston Community Legal Clinic to provide data regarding day time options? Everyone knows there are fewer options for places to go during the day than there are at night. But because there wasn’t specific evidence that spoke to daytime options, he didn’t rule on that piece.

It is not in the spirit of the Judge's decision to enforce an order. If the city wants to "enforce" they should go back to court and prove the bylaw is constitutional. It isn't. We all know there are not 480+ spaces in daytime services for people who are unhoused to be at. But even if there were, the city isn’t respecting people's dignity if they expect people to put up their shelter every night and tear it down during the day. This is not how to treat fellow human beings who struggle so much to survive.

The lack of dignity and respect in this approach is clearly explained in the Federal Housing Advocate’s review of homeless encampments. While this report is extensive, some of the key recommendations for municipalities are to:

● End the practice of forced evictions of encampments on public lands

● Implement measures to protect and support people living in encampments:

Respect people’s right to refuse services.

Eliminate any policies or practices that restrict access to encampment sites during daylight hours or require daytime tear down of tents and removal of personal effects.

Ensure protection from the poison drug supply through access to harm reduction services and regulated safe supply for encampment residents who are at risk of overdose because of reliance on an unregulated supply.

The availability of services to people experiencing homelessness should not be a justification for an eviction. [pages 29-30]

On Safety The Fire Department has been in the news for responding to fires, and issuing “threat to life” notices, which has resulted in the removal of fire hazards from tents and structures, and in some cases, has led to the destruction of people’s homes because of their being built with wood. Is this an unbiased exercise in safety, like the City and Fire department claims? Would people who own homes as property be subjected to the same intensity of fire safety enforcement as the unhoused are? Does it make sense to reduce the threat to life by preventing fires, if it increases the threat to life from the cold?

Likewise, if preventing fires is so important, why is the city forcing people to pack up their tents each day starting April 2 and will be replacing the sturdy, waterproof, and fire treated military tents, with more flammable and less water resistant pop up tents? Those tents are likely going to be much more flammable than the military tents. So is this about safety? Or is this about making the encampment so difficult to live in so that people “choose” to leave?

On political will City Councillors and staff like to continually remind us that the provincial and federal governments aren’t doing their part. We know that is true and it's also no longer an acceptable excuse. If the city spent $60 million of Kingston tax dollars on the third crossing, is willing to spend $25 million to enclose a pool and $9 million for a park and walkway for tourists in downtown Kingston, and give away $11 million in land for a conference centre, we clearly have money and resources.

What the city lacks is the political integrity to say - we are going to use all capital tax money to build non profit housing, to purchase lower income buildings to keep homes affordable so that every Kingstonian has a home that is affordable to them and that is linked to supports to meet their needs. If municipal administrators and politicians had this kind of vision and ethics, that would be something most Kingstonians could get behind.

Our hearts are heavy for those negatively impacted by the sometimes real and sometimes perceived lack of safety around the ICH. We have compassion for neighbours who have been impacted in different ways. And we also appreciate the neighbours who despite their struggles, have and continue to support encampment residents in the ways they are able to. We are not going to criminalize and punish our way out of the drug poisoning, mental health, and homelessness crises.

If we’re tired of seeing needles in parks, let’s safely dispose of them in a hazard bin and advocate for harm reduction housing so that people who use drugs have a home. Maybe people will do fewer drugs in parks if they have a home and privacy.

If we are tired of petty theft in the neighbourhood, let’s advocate for safer supply programs so that people who use drugs don’t have to steal to be able to consume the substances that keep them feeling well. Substance use disorder is a medical condition not a choice.

The solutions exist. We just need councilors to have courage, and we also need everyone across all class backgrounds to realize that housing everyone is possible. We are far away from it but we can get there. Stop listening to those who want to lead us in the direction of assuming the worst of people who are poor and use drugs. Everyone deserves love and dignity.

No evictions in Belle Park until people can be provided with somewhere else to be housed that respects people’s dignity and autonomy.

Harm reduction housing now: develop and fund supportive housing for people who use substances. This has been effective in places like Finland (the only country where homelessness is decreasing), but also in Toronto and Vancouver.

Another, and better world is possible.

from Mutual Aid Katarokwi-Kingston, March 20, 2024.

#kingston ontario #ontario politics #canadian politics #municipal politics #encampment clearance #belle park #homeless encampment #homelessness #poverty in canada #punishing the poor #mutual aid #policing the crisis

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#Allen #Texas #crime scene #cleanup #trauma scene #cleaning #biohazard #disposal #collin county #drug lab #homeless encampment #hoarder home

[craigleephoto]

Homeless encampment sweep in the San Francisco Tenderloin on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Craig Lee/The San Francisco Examiner)

1. Christopher Jones (left), 51, and Jeff Fultz, 52, living homeless on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets. Christopher Jones has been living homeless since 1995 and Jeff Fultz came to San Francisco from Michigan 9 months ago.

2. Homeless encampment on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets just before a sweep.

3. Christopher Jones (left), 51, and Eddie Thomas, 57, both seated as San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team members talk with Jamel Davis, 39, during a homeless encampment sweep on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

4. Sean DeLise, Incident Commander San Francisco Fire Department Paramedic, speaking to Amber Miller, 38, during a homeless encampment sweep on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

5. Christopher Jones, 51, moving his belongings during a homeless encampment sweep on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Christopher Jones has been living homeless since 1995.

6. Jeff Fultz (jacket with “I Have Issues”), 52, moving his belongings during a homeless encampment sweep on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

7. Eddie Thomas, 57, during a homeless encampment sweep on Ellis Street between Taylor and Jones Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

8. Homeless encampment sweep on Taylor Street between Ellis and Eddy Streets by San Francisco Public Works on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

#homeless encampment #San Francisco Tenderloin

[coreychambers]

Downtown Los Angeles Loft Residents Take a Stand | Community Voices Heard: First and Broadway Park to Remain a Park, DLANC Votes Against Homeless Housing Proposal

REAL ESTATE NEWS – A community initiative led by residents of the Douglas, Higgins, and Pan American lofts have successfully preserved the planned park at First and Broadway (FAB) in Downtown Los Angeles. Residents came out in numbers last night to voice their opposition to Councilmember Kevin DeLeon’s motion to convert the planned FAB park into “temporary” homeless housing. The Downtown Los…

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#DTLA #First and Broadway Park #homeless encampment #Lofts #protest

[irreplaceable-spark]

Former Resident: Why San Francisco is on the brink of losing its unique culture? | Jennifer Sey

"The city has always been known for its progressive politics. But I liked that. I lived there until 2021, over 30 years. It's become a place of such aggressive conformity. And if you don't uphold whatever the most far left narrative is, if you dare to ask any questions, you will be smeared and vilified, and pushed out of your job." Siyamak sits down with Jennifer Sey, former brand president of Levi’s and long-time resident in San Francisco. Today she will talk about what caused her to leave California.

#california insider #epoch times #siyamak khorrami #jennifer sey #san francisco #california #covid #covid 19 #lockdowns #schools #kids #parks #masks #democrats #progressives #homeless #homeless encampment #3rd world #family #levis #corporate culture #conformity #left narrative #ad hominem #cancel culture #tech boom #elite #elitists #Youtube

[amygdalae]

have never understood why squatting is considered a crime. loitering too. sir you have been arrested for the crime of....chilling. and hanging out. and taking a little nap

#also homeless encampments are never in the way of anything and yet the cops still harrass them. its fucked up #like we straight up push people out of existence. and for what #i know im not saying anything new here im just mad abt htis #like!!! if its space nobodys using for shit who cares! who cares omg. if we arent gonna house people we shld at least let them exist #like theyre already having a hard enough time man. #im sick of how ppl around where i live talk abt the homeless problem as though homeless people are the problem that needs to be solved #like no empathy no self awareness these 'normal' ppl want the unhoused dead or in prison and dont get how ghoulish they sound. anyways

[trans-girl-stuff451]

My home town is destroying a homeless encampment and refusing to give any of the displaced people any resources or other options

I find this incredibly inhumane, and if you do, please flood their homeless reporting site with how you feel(it allowes you to submit anonymously)

I can't describe how angry this makes me please help me do something about it

https://denvergov.org/Online-Services-Hub/Report-an-Issue/issue/new-report

#trans woman #lgbtq #homeless #denver #please help #encampment

[ppcbug]

Across Canada people are seeing the cost of living becoming more and more expensive each year. Now higher end areas are even seeing the effects of this. Yorkville is slowly seeing tents creep its way into its luxury strip and if things continue tents will inevitably appear in your backyard too.

It’s time for a change.

#voteppc to make life more affordable

#street photography #homeless encampment #unhoused #yorkville #Yorkville Toronto #cost of living #public safety #ppc #people's party of canada #cadpoli #canada first #luxury lifestyle #voteppc

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Nearly four months after a homeless encampment under the Ville-Marie Expressway was dismantled, about two-thirds of the people who were evicted are still unhoused, according to advocates.

Community workers argue that given the number of people in the city who are living in makeshift shelters, a strategy, other than simple eviction, needs to be developed.

“Encampments are going to be with us for a while,” David Chapman of Resilience Montreal told Global News.  “That’s just the facts. The question is, how do we engage them in a responsible manner?”

Some former campers are still being moved around, like Jacko Stuben. He and one other person moved to a wooded spot near Atwater Avenue, next to the Ville-Marie Expressway, not far from where he and more than a dozen others were evicted by Transports Québec last July to make way for what the ministry said was urgent repair work.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian #québec #montréal #homelessness #classism #encampments #homeless encampments #evictions #housing #quebec #montreal

[gwydionmisha]

Fuck Gavin Newsom!

#Gavin Newsom #Supreme Court #Homeless Encampments #Human Rights Abuses #California #News

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

Check out this great letter challenging the City of Kingston's plans for daytime evictions in Belle Park (from Mutual Aid Katarokwi-Kingston, March 19, 2024):

"I am a citizen of Kingston who lives on Montreal Street and volunteers five to seven days per week, for two or three hours per day, at the Integrated Care Hub with my colleague Brigit Smith.

In our role, at this grassroots level, we support the ICH shelter residents, substance users at the Consumption Treatment Centre, encampment residents at Belle Park and many unhoused in the community who have learned about the kindness, warmth and support we provide to the homeless.

As background, one of our business clients donated $10,000 to purchase a golf cart for the CTS and ICH staff to provide swift responses to overdoses, ultimately saving lives. We set up a prepaid account at BnB Pharmacy to support fulfillment of prescriptions, which we top up on a monthly basis. We raised over $12,000 this past winter to provide tents, air mattresses, sleeping bags, pillows, hygiene products, winter coats, boots, hats, gloves, running shoes, back packs, and warm clothing. We have built relationships with businesses in the community who support our efforts to take care of our homeless. We often purchase and donate coffee, donuts and

muffins so our unhoused feel, in some small way, that we care about their well-being. We process all incoming donations. We take care of everyone with respect and dignity and we are honoured to serve them. They are warm, friendly, appreciative, and respectful in all interactions. We do not deny the reality of challenges, as we see them every day, however one would think the threat to life would include concern for fires and freezing to death. We do not feel your decision is taking all complex matters into account. We feel uniquely qualified share our perspective.

The announcement of the City of Kingston to prohibit day use and evict our encampment homes on a daily basis, effective April 2, 2024, simply must not go forward.

We are in the midst of a national housing, economic, substance use and drug poisoning crisis. This is our reality. It is not going away. Delegations have approached council to talk about substance use in our schools at the elementary and secondary levels. Poverty and homelessness are growing. This is evident in the statistics authored by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. These may be the most complex times we will face in our lifetime and as citizens we can not condone the short sited and thoughtless approach of daily prohibition and daily eviction of homes. Asking our vulnerable residents who are often medically ill with complex mental illness, and or substance use and many fragile elderly, to pack up their homes and belongings daily, is inhumane. We must have more scope than knowing we will be complicit in the death of our vulnerable citizens, if we push them further into the woods and isolation, as Justine McIsaac stated at your council meeting in January 2023.

Moreover, the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, authored by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (Feb 2024) clearly indicates the need for the City of Kingston to comply. It is a human right to receive adequate housing and yet you are proposing we dismantle the only home they have on a daily basis, destroying the little dignity they have. These are their homes, and it is incumbent upon us to improve their homes, not dismantle them. Our citizens in Belle Park are already a community in crisis, a traumatized and disadvantaged population. We have a group of seniors who depend on us to listen to their stories and memories and be present for their needs. Many, are quite sick and dropped off from the hospital in various states where continued active care is required. We also provide walkers, canes and wheelchairs. It is our norm. How can we respect and support the decision of the city when you do not seem to understand the complex matters of these very important citizens. We need to collaborate to find common ground.

Can you imagine what will happen to our emergency departments when we can no longer administer naloxone in Belle Park. An already overburdened HDH and KGH will now be providing overdose support because residents have moved further away from their support at the CTS and ICH. We serve hundreds of overdoses. These overdoses will land squarely at emergency along with the Paramedics and Police who must remain present until the emergency dept can serve them.

Our residents will find places to live in their tents further away from the ICH. Tent encampments will not cease to exist, with your dismantling strategy. Recently, you took the tent of a resident, and this particular resident continues to live at Belle Park under a tarp. You accomplished nothing but putting this resident further into crisis. This is their community, it is their home, their tents are their homes. Let that sink in, tents are the best we have provided them. This eviction will push them further into crisis, despair and desperation and as Justine stated, resulting in death.

It is our understanding, a resolution from Council is required to move forward with your April 2 directive and we did not find this resolution. Can you please advise us as to how this decision was made as we understand this directive to be illegitimate

Please let us work with our community, fire department, police and bylaw to educate and support our residents. Our outdoor engagement team has worked very hard to collaborate with citizens, police and fire and we believe with a dedicated team we can build understanding and find common ground. We are inviting the community to volunteer with us. Give us a chance to build relationships. Please reconsider your decision and work with us to support our community while we build a made in Kingston strategy together. On a strategic level, we have a made in Kingston plan to collaborate with private sector and all levels of government to lift Kingston as the innovative and dynamic city it is. Please reconsider and work with us toward a sustainable solution.

Sincerely,

Pamela Gray and Brigit Smith"

#kingston ontario #belle park #encampment #clearing encampments #municipal politics #homeless encampment #homelessness #punishing the poor #poverty in canada #policing the crisis #canadian politics #ontario politics

[damn-these-eyes]

motel

#Street Photography #los angeles #homeless #encampment