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Residents and advocates tell council repeated encampment removals are harming unhoused neighbors; council approves grant support letter
Summary
During two public-comment periods Sept. 4, unhoused residents and advocates described repeated, disruptive evictions and called for safe, stable options; the council approved a letter of support for a Community Foundation grant proposal aimed at homelessness services.
Scores of residents and advocates addressed the Bloomington Common Council on Sept. 4, pressing officials for more immediate, humane options for people living outdoors and criticizing repeated displacement by enforcement.
Speakers described multiple forced moves over days and weeks, lack of storage for belongings, and the difficulty of complying with ordinances that ban camping in public space without alternative shelter. Siddarth Doss, who said he has worked with unhoused neighbors for years, said volunteers have repeatedly helped the same people move "three or…
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