Hennepin County buys 5 motels to house the homeless
Cited as a cost-saving measure. Earlier this week, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Hennepin County has used $25 million in federal pandemic funds to purchase five motels to house…
Cited as a cost-saving measure. Earlier this week, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Hennepin County has used $25 million in federal pandemic funds to purchase five motels to house…
A Minneapolis city council member proposes to halt the clearing of homeless encampments through April 30, 2023. KSTP-TV reports that Aisha Chughtai will propose a “temporary” halt that would last…
David Zimmer and I visited a Minneapolis encampment back in early June and shot this video: Fox 9 reports that the city cleared the encampment today, located on city-owned property.…
In the dystopian game of whack-a-mole playing out in south Minneapolis, the homeless encampment cleared by the city last Wednesday has reappeared two blocks to the east. As reported by…
We visit the now-cleared homeless encampment on 14th Avenue and the burned-out block nearby. Late last month, we visited the homeless encampment along the Midtown Greenway at 14th Avenue in…
WCCO-TV aired a story on the news Wednesday evening of a homeless encampment along the Midtown Greenway in south Minneapolis. The CBS affiliate even aired drone footage of the site,…
The other day, my colleague David Zimmer and I drove by a block-long homeless encampment in Minneapolis and we posted the video on Twitter: Located on land owned by the…
As advocates debate a change in approach to homelessness in Minnesota, a lot is riding on the outcome. The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently reported on a new trend in Minnesota…