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Atlanta’s Largest Homeless Encampment Is About to Be Cleared
Atlanta’s largest homeless encampment is scheduled to be “decommissioned” on Monday as city officials continue working to ...
City of Atlanta presses on with homeless encampment sweeps following man's death, clearing Pryor Street encampment
Cornelius Taylor was killed in January while the encampment he was living at on Old Wheat Street NE was being cleared.
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Advocates condemn Atlanta's homeless camp sweeps, demand housing solutions
Just months after a man was killed during a homeless camp sweep in Atlanta, city crews cleared another camp on Monday just ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution5d
Atlanta razes homeless encampment 45 days after death of Cornelius Taylor
Mayor Andre Dickens said the city has a "moral obligation" to clear homeless camps. However, one homeless advocate said of machinery destroying tents: "Does this look moral?" ...
The Atlanta Voice4d
After tragic death, Atlanta resumes homeless camp sweeps
Atlanta clears homeless encampment on Pryor Street after 45-day moratorium, relocating 52 people to shelters and housing. Safety protocols implemented.
WGAU Athens Radio on MSN5d
GDOT crews clear homeless camps under downtown connector in Atlanta
ATLANTA — Georgia Department of Transportation crews are working to clear a homeless camp underneath the downtown connector ...
Advocates upset as city restarts homeless sweeps following man’s death earlier this year
Mayor Andre Dickens pushed back, saying the city and its partners are working to safely remove the unhoused after a tragedy ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution3d
Some homeless struggle with transition to housing after years in camps
Some return to homelessness because they feel isolated in their new homes and miss the community encampments offer; others struggle with a form of “survivor guilt.” ...