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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.' "
#StopTheSweeps #Pennsylvania #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis #Unhoused #HomelessEncampments #Homeless #Homelessness
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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.' "
#StopTheSweeps #Pennsylvania #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis #Unhoused #HomelessEncampments #Homeless #Homelessness
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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.' "
#StopTheSweeps #Pennsylvania #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis #Unhoused #HomelessEncampments #Homeless #Homelessness
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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.' "
#StopTheSweeps #Pennsylvania #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis #Unhoused #HomelessEncampments #Homeless #Homelessness
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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.' "
#StopTheSweeps #Pennsylvania #HousingForAll #HousingCrisis #Unhoused #HomelessEncampments #Homeless #Homelessness