Boston city workers began to clear tents Monday morning near the troubled intersection of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue as part of an effort to enforce a new encampment ban across the city.
Where do they expect these people to go?
In all fairness, this sounds much more humane than what’s been happening in some other areas.
Outreach workers, police officers and city employees are working to take down the more than 75 tents, place personal items in storage and move some 90 people in the area into shelters.
They referred her to one of several nearby shelters where some 100 extra beds have been set aside for those affected by the clearing.
City workers are currently focusing on connecting people with treatment, shelter or family reunification […]
While I can’t speak to the effectiveness of this, it’s at least better than the “Throw it all in a dumpster and tell them to leave without giving it any additional thought” plan that’s been executed elsewhere.
The problem is that once you set up the shanty towns, they will never go away. And as someone who was raised in central america, shanty towns is the last thing you want in your city
The city officials lack object permanence. As soon as the camps are cleared, homelessness no longer matters to them.
Shit take, brah. They’re moving these people into shelters, where they’ll receive services to help them get off of drugs and into a conventional life, which includes stable-ish housing.