After months of delays due to a court order, work to clear out the massive Wood Street homeless encampment is underway.
"We have lived under constant stress, constant duress. We have been under siege for years, just because we are here and we are an inconvenience," says Jared Defigh. He has lived at the encampment since last year. "They don't see us as people. They just see us as a problem.
Simmons says the goal is to transition the unhoused to city shelters over the next two weeks, to give people time to clear out and relocate. The land is being cleared for a new affordable housing project. "We will continue that outreach, to ensure that we are engaged with everyone, providing the opportunity to accept city shelter," says Simmons.As she explains, the city has been working with community groups for months to design the shelter program and support services, for the roughly 70 people currently living there.
She thinks some of the proposed solutions, like portable homes, do not amount to safe housing or meet the needs of the people.
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