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1. www.yahoo.com › news › elmira-residents-react-lawElmira residents react to new law criminalizing homeless camping

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   1 day ago · The law passed in a 5-2 vote with Councilmembers Grasso and Cooke voting no. Mayor Mandell told 18 News the city is now working on identifying how many homeless camps there are in the city, and ...

2. www.mytwintiers.com › news-cat › elmira-city-councilElmira City Council tables vote on new homeless camping law ...

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   Aug 13, 2024 · ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – The Elmira City Council says it’s revising a proposed law aimed at removing homeless encampments around the city. Monday night, the resolution was tabled after a packed...

3. www.ctvnews.ca › canada › i-have-no-fixed-address-a'I have no fixed address': A look at encampments for homeless ...

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   Oct 23, 2023 · Federal housing advocate Marie-Josee Houle has called the spread of homeless encampments in cities across Canada a human rights crisis. Here's what's happening at encampments across the country.

4. globalnews.ca › news › 10291129Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · In a piercing report released Tuesday, Marie-Josée Houle says the expansion of homeless encampments across the country is a national human rights crisis that requires immediate action and...

5. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaAre homeless encampments legal in public spaces? | CBC News

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   Sep 12, 2024 · Bauer said outreach workers have been talking about finding homes for her and others in the encampment, but it still hasn't happened. "It's not easy to find a place," Bauer said.

6. nationalpost.com › news › canadaTent encampments result of 'persistent failures' of ...

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   Feb 13, 2024 · In a piercing report released Tuesday, Marie-Josee Houle says the expansion of homeless encampments across the country is a national human rights crisis that requires immediate action and...

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   What did Grasso say about homeless camps?

   • Grasso began his remarks by criticizing a decision to play a slideshow of homeless camps during the meeting. “First and foremost, and I mean this very seriously, if Councilmember Brinn and the Mayor were so passionate and satisfied with this, maybe you guys should have sat by this TV monitor, because that was despicable,” Grasso said.

   Elmira residents react to new law criminalizing homeless camping

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   Are homeless encampments a human rights crisis?

   • Federal housing advocate Marie-Josee Houle has called the spread of homeless encampments in cities across Canada a human rights crisis.

   'I have no fixed address': A look at encampments for homeless across

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   Do homeless people need encampments?

   • Governments must ensure that homeless people have permanent housing as soon as possible, and in the meantime, authorities need to equip encampments with basic services, such as clean water and garbage removal, so residents can live in dignity, the report says. “For people living in these encampments, every day is a matter of life and death …

   Tent encampments result of 'persistent failures' of government: federal

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   Do unhoused people have a right to live in encampments?

   • Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada’s housing advocate says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson. Unhoused people in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have also died in camps, some from overdoses and tent fires.

   Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal housing

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   Who voted against a homeless camp law?

   • “I’ll just say with a heavy heart that I will be voting in favor of this resolution” Wilson said. First District Councilmember Nick Grasso voted against the law. Grasso began his remarks by criticizing a decision to play a slideshow of homeless camps during the meeting.

   Elmira residents react to new law criminalizing homeless camping

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   Are encampments a good option for unhoused people?

   • In the absence of affordable, accessible housing, encampments can also provide community, security and consistency – qualities unhoused people often say are lacking in emergency shelters and other temporary housing options, Houle said. Nobody living in camps should be forced to use shelters or other options that don’t meet their needs, she said.

   Tearing down homeless camps violates human rights: federal housing

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8. www.independent.co.uk › news › worldTrump reveals new homelessness policy: Tent cities for ...

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   Apr 18, 2023 · To combat homelessness, which is driven first and foremost by high housing costs, Mr Trump is proposing opening large “tent cities,” or camps, where homeless people would be forced to live if...