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#LancasterPA - Advocates call for change as Lancaster city warns another #HomelessEncampment it needs to move

JADE CAMPOS, Sep 9, 2026

"A group of at least seven people experiencing homelessness faces a one-week deadline to move their belongings from a wooded area off of Ranck Mill Road along the Conestoga River in Lancaster Township.

"The directive comes from Lancaster city, which owns the property and posted signs at the camp site Monday warning people they must leave the area by Friday, or their belongings would be discarded. City officials on Wednesday said the deadline was moved to next Wednesday, Sept. 16.

"Organizers with two community groups — #LancasterStandsUp and Hand Up Partners — gathered near the encampment Wednesday afternoon to urge all of Lancaster County’s elected officials to find a better solution for homeless people instead of clearing camp sites.

"Dave Costarella, leader of Hand Up Partners, said local shelters are limited in capacity and can’t take in everyone who’s being forced to leave the site. He has advocated for legal, transitional camping spaces where people can stay when there are no shelter beds available or people do not feel safe living in a shelter.

" 'I’m not here to fight anybody,' Costarella said. 'We are here to invite every elected official that is being touched by homeless encampments, people living on the streets, that have absolutely no legal place to be… to come together… and find a space they are legally allowed to be. Let us manage this as a transitional encampment or building or build a campus.' "

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/advocates-call-for-change-as-lancaster-city-warns-another-homeless-encampment-it-needs-to-move/article_e5a01fdc-427b-4d84-8c0a-4e1fafb62769.html

#StopTheSweeps #Pennsylvania #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis #Unhoused #HomelessEncampments #Homeless #Homelessness

https://www.europesays.com/people/240782/ Mamdani’s latest move will let homeless encampments flourish #DepartmentOfHomelessServices #editorial #HomelessEncampments #homelessness #NYPD #opinion #QualityOfLife #ZohranMamdani

Anna Wintour’s Greenwich Village block overrun by homeless encampments

This block is in vogue with bums! Anna Wintour’s posh Greenwich Village block has become a haven for…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Greenwich #annawintour #greenwichvillage #homelessencampments #Homelessness #Metro #USNews #vogue
https://www.europesays.com/gbr/london/24040/

Hollywood’s historic Musso & Frank Grill faces growing homeless problem outside its doors https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19562/ #california #GrillHouse #GrillHouses #Grillhouse #Grillhouses #HomelessEncampments #homelessness #LosAngeles #Metro #Restaurants #tourists #USNews

https://www.europesays.com/news/56149/ New figures show LA’s homeless problem is getting worse – as Karen Bass gives pathetic excuse #California #CityHall #Headlines #HomelessEncampments #homelessness #KarenBass #LosAngeles #Metro #News #Politics #Sacramento #TopStories #USNews

https://www.europesays.com/people/162236/ Mamdani’s Netanyahu backtrack shows NYC mayor distracted by social media activism #antisemitism #BenjaminNetanyahu #HomelessEncampments #Israel #Legionnaires’Disease #Metro #USNews #ZohranMamdani

https://www.europesays.com/people/153323/ Mamdani admin makes half-hearted attempt to clean up NYC homeless encampment #HomelessEncampments #homelessness #IntrepidMuseum #Metro #QualityOfLife #USNews #ZohranMamdani

https://www.europesays.com/people/152023/ My night in ‘Mamdani-Ville’ #DefundThePolice #HomelessEncampments #LawAndOrder #NewYorkPost #Progressivism #TheIntrepid #ZohranMamdani

WTF! #HolbrookMA DPW workers arraigned for allegedly attacking sleeping #homeless man

by Tim Nazzaro, July 9, 2026

HOLBROOK, Mass. — "Two brothers who work for the Holbrook, Massachusetts, Department of Public Works were arraigned Thursday for allegedly attacking a sleeping homeless man in a town park last month.

"Jesse Baxter, 32, of Holbrook, and Jake Baxter, 28, of Randolph, were charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot), assault and battery on a person over the age of 60, and witness intimidation.

"A not guilty plea was entered on their behalf.

"They were arraigned in Quincy District Court, where a judge set $1,500 bail for Jesse and $500 for Jake.

"Both men are expected to post bail and were ordered to stay away from the victim and #BrookvillePark.

"They will return to court for a dangerousness hearing at a later date.

"Both Jesse and Jake have been placed on paid administrative leave from the DPW.

"According to a Holbrook police report, officers responded to the area of Linwood Street overnight on June 20 for a report of an injured man knocking on residents' doors and yelling.

"Responding officers found the man covered in blood and bruises.

"According to the man, he was sleeping in his tent in the Brookville Park area around 12:30 a.m. when he was attacked by two men he didn't know." [Allegedly, they were there to attack a DIFFERENT homeless man that they had an argument with.]

@justbob

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https://www.wcvb.com/article/holbrook-brothers-charged-homeless-man-assault/71884480

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

#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:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-homeless-are-saying-as-salem-odot-clear-downtown-encampments/ar-AA27PBzq

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

From 2024: The Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping in public places

by Jennifer Ludden, June 28, 2024

"In its biggest decision on homelessness in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places. The justices, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, overturned lower court rulings that deemed it cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment to punish people for sleeping outside if they had nowhere else to go.

"Writing for the majority, Justice Gorsuch said, 'Homelessness is complex. Its causes are many.' But he said federal judges do not have any 'special competence' to decide how cities should deal with this.

" 'The Constitution’s Eighth Amendment serves many important functions, but it does not authorize federal judges to wrest those rights and responsibilities from the American people and in their place dictate this Nation’s homelessness policy,' he wrote.

"In a dissent, Justice Sotomayor said the decision focused only on the needs of cities but not the most vulnerable. She said sleep is a biological necessity, but this decision leaves a #homeless person with 'an impossible choice — either stay awake or be arrested.' "

@justbob

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/28/nx-s1-4992010/supreme-court-homeless-punish-sleeping-encampments

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

https://www.europesays.com/people/151948/ NYC’s vagrant camp near Intrepid growing into skid row as Mamdani’s policy forces cops to stay put #HomelessEncampments #homelessness #IntrepidMuseum #Metro #NYPD #USNews #ZohranMamdani

https://www.europesays.com/people/150236/ Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s non-answer on homeless encampment near NYC Intrepid Museum #HomelessEncampments #IntrepidMuseum #manhattan #Metro #NewYorkCity #USNews #ZohranMamdani

Winnipeg reports fewer encampments amid enforcement, but advocates say numbers don’t tell whole story

The City of Winnipeg says the number of known homeless encampments has fallen since it began enforcing its…
#Canada #Winnipeg #CityofWinnipeg #Communityservicescommittee #encampments #homelessencampments #MainStreetProject
https://www.europesays.com/canada/89888/

https://www.europesays.com/people/77703/ Gavin Newsom helps clear homeless encampment outside Marshawn Lynch’s home #california #Celebrities #Entertainment #GavinNewsom #HomelessEncampments #homelessness #MarshawnLynch #Metro #Podcasts

https://www.europesays.com/people/19280/ Gavin Newsom’s own ‘backyard’ trashed by homeless river camps #CaliforniaPost #DepartmentOfWaterResources #encampments #GavinNewsom #HomelessEncampment #HomelessEncampments #sacramento #ShoppingCarts #SteelheadCreek #StevenMaviglio

Son of slain NFL player Kevin Johnson demands justice, opens up about dad’s tragic downfall https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/732270/ #athletes #Crime #Football #HomelessEncampments #NFL #USNews

NYC councilwoman lays into 'rich,' 'entitled' Mamdani voters as mayor-elect plans to leave homeless encampments alone

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-homeless-camp-sweep-ban

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/11/2025 Cont

“More Americans favor than oppose removing #HomelessEncampments in U.S. cities, the poll found. About 43% U.S. adults favor their removal, while about 25% oppose it. Roughly 3 in 10 Americans don’t have an opinion, saying they neither favor nor oppose removing the encampments.”

https://apnews.com/article/homelessness-poverty-trump-homeless-encampments-low-income-ce63d233c86b4a219b47ee8403b5f2ca

#USPol #HousingCrisis

Dozens arrested in Washington as Trump’s law enforcement takeover takes root

Local and federal law enforcement officers are being stationed round-the-clock in Washington, DC following US President Donald Trump’s…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #DonaldTrump #Homeless #homelessencampments #NationalGuard #WashingtonDC
https://www.newsbeep.com/61704/

Advocates Warn of Mass Arrests of DC’s Unhoused Residents

Advocates have lambasted the Trump administration’s plan as cruel and inhumane.

https://murica.website/2025/08/advocates-warn-of-mass-arrests-of-dcs-unhoused-residents/

#Local #Impacts of #SCOTUS #Decision On #HomelessEncampments.

A #heartless #ruling from the #Corrupt #US #SupremeCourt in the case of #GrantsPassVsJohnson cleared the way for #cities nationwide to #enforce #bans on #people #sleeping #outside in #public #places, even if they had nowhere else to go.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewMexico #Homelessness #HousingInsecurity #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.krqe.com/podcasts/local-impacts-of-scotus-decision-on-homeless-encampments/

In 1946 the City of Los Angeles put 750 quonset huts in Griffith Park to house World War Two veterans. Over 5000 people lived in them and they were there for a decade. The spot where they once stood is now a zoo and a freeway.

In 2021 the City sent hundreds of cops to Echo Park to destroy a functioning homeless encampment.

There are 40,000 acres of parkland in the City. We could easily house all the homeless on just a tiny fraction of that, but of course that's not on anyone's agenda.

"BuT pArKs ArE fOr ReCrEaTiOn!!1! ThEy BeLoNg To EvErYoNe!!"

Do you fucking hear yourself? People are literally dying on the streets and you need a place to play frisbee golf and walk your god-damned dog? For shame!

#LosAngeles #GriffithPark #EchoPark #Homelessness #HomelessEncampments #PublicHousing #RodgerYoungVillage

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodger_Young_Village

The rent is too fucking high

#SanFrancisco's struggle to clear #homelessencampments as hundreds wait for shelters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCB9fJJxxg

#housing #housingcrisis #globalhousingcrisis

Global News BC: Union of B.C. Municipalities asks provincial government to pull homeless bill https://globalnews.ca/news/10111345/ubcm-bc-government-pull-homeless-bill/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BChomelesslegislation #HomelessEncampments #BCpolitics #Politics #Bill45