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  1. #Oregon - What homeless are saying as #SalemOR, ODOT clear downtown encampments

    by Whitney Woodworth, 7/14/2026

    "Kaitlyn Schwartz joined dozens of other campers under the Center Street off-ramp on July 13 in packing up her belongings and figuring out where she would sleep next.

    " 'This is not living,' she said. 'We’re only surviving.'

    "The 23-year-old said she tries to keep a clean camp and look out for others.

    " 'I'm trying to make a difference,' she said.

    "While she's young, many people living in the #encampments are older and vulnerable. Schwartz said she's been the target of sexual violence and theft and has witnessed drug overdoses.

    "Some people lose everything they own when a sweep occurs.

    " 'How is anyone supposed to live like this?' she asked."

    @justbob

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-hom

    #HomelessEncampments #HomelessSweeps #Houseless #USPol
    #Unhoused #UnaffordableHousing
    #Housing #RoughSleepers #PoliceState

  2. When I was a toddler, we were allowed to climb on all the farm implements displayed at the Grange Fair, as though they were jungle gyms. Or was this "Madmen-esque" memory implanted in me as a screen to cover an alien abduction? Centre Hall, 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fairs #fair #encampments #display #displays #selling #commerce #farmequipment #tractor #tractors #johndeere #johndeereequipment #johndeeretractors #centrehall #centrecounty #twentiethcentury

  3. #Mamdani's restarting homeless sweeps, which he said he would not.
    But this time, to his (small) credit, the decisions *if* to clear & *which* to clear will be made by #DHS Department of #Homeless Services, not by #NYPD (#Adams was a cop, so cops were king).
    Gothamist analysis of Adams' 4.1K sweeps Jan24-Jun25, ZERO ppl found #homes, just 260 went to shelters.
    #HomelessSweeps #NYC #homeless #shelter #Bellevue #closing #tent #encampments #MamdaniMandate #NewYorkCity #Mayor
    gothamist.com/news/mamdani-adm