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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. “THEY ARE NOT THE OTHER. THEY ARE US.”: Gibson rules on 100vic

    From Apr. 16 to Apr. 20, 2026, the Ontario Court of Justice heard the case The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Named Respondents and Persons Unknown. This case was the result of an application filed by the Region of Waterloo to determine that the Sit-Specific By-Law Number 25-021, A By-Law Respecting the Use of 100 Victoria Street North, Kitchener (as Owned by the Regional Municipality […]

    communityedition.ca/they-are-n
  3. 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

  4. #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