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Residents urge council to halt encampment sweeps and expand housing supports
Summary
Several residents and advocates at the council meeting urged an immediate moratorium on encampment sweeps, more shelter capacity and a designated safe site for people living outdoors; commenters described harm from repeated displacements and asked the city to use its influence with the state for funding and program improvements.
Multiple residents and volunteers used the public-comment period to press the Lansing City Council for changes to how the city addresses unsheltered residents. Speakers described repeated encampment sweeps that displace vulnerable people, loss of personal belongings, and difficulties for outreach workers trying…
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