Tag: homeless
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3 dead in pair of shootings at Minneapolis homeless camps that police say may be linked
Two shootings at separate homeless encampments in Minneapolis that killed three people and wounded three others over the weekend are possibly connected, police said. The first shooting occurred shortly before 4:45 a.m. on Saturday at an encampment on 21 St E and 15 Av S., the Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement. The shooting…
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Louisiana forces relocation of homeless camp before Taylor Swift’s New Orleans shows
An encampment of unhoused people in downtown New Orleans was forcibly relocated by the order of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry ahead of this weekend’s Taylor Swift concerts, disrupting monthslong housing efforts with less than a week’s notice. City Councilwoman Lesli Harris, who represents the district where the Caesars Superdome venue is located, told NBC News…
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After the storm, North Carolina faces daunting task of housing survivors left homeless
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The deluge came furiously — and shockingly fast. Speaking from a makeshift shelter at a local technical college here, James Yulon Ferguson recalled this week how he escaped with a friend on Sept. 27 shortly before the rising floodwaters reached the roof of his trailer along the Swannanoa River. After the storm,…
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Vermont caps emergency motel housing for homeless, forcing many to leave this month
BERLIN, Vt. — This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program. The move is prompting outcry from municipal leaders and advocates who say many don’t have a place to go. The biggest…