Episode 369
Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
San Francisco’s Healthy Streets Operations Center, a cross-departmental collaboration tasked with addressing tent encampments, is intended to clean up tents while offering residents services. But a report from the Coalition on Homelessness says only a minority of residents are successfully connected with services, and the practice of moving them and cleaning the street results primarily in property loss and distress.
Civic · Liana Wilcox, Laura Wenus
November 4, 202131m 36s
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Show Notes
San Francisco’s Healthy Streets Operations Center, a cross-departmental collaboration tasked with addressing tent encampments, is intended to clean up tents while offering residents services. But a report from the Coalition on Homelessness says only a minority of residents are successfully connected with services, and the practice of moving them and cleaning the street results primarily in property loss and distress.
Topics
unhousedencampmentsftentsupportive housingserviceshsochomelessnesshousingsan francisco