Removing Elgin’s huge tent city no easy task: ‘We were in awe of how far it goes’
A drone video of the eight acres that make up a tent city underscores the daunting task the city of Elgin has in cleaning up ...
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Elgin City Council approves temporary housing plan for homeless after 'Tent City' fires
Tent City, a wooded area where 20 to 40 unhoused individuals live in tents or makeshift shelters, has been the site of two ...
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Fire strikes Elgin’s tent city for a second time Thursday; city officials reevaluating the camp’s safety
Firefighters responded to the area known as “tent city” along the Fox River, just off of Route 31, about 11:50 p.m. to find three makeshift homes going up in flames, a news release said.
Tent city sprouts up at Paterson's doorstep. Council weighs fines, jail time for homeless
We shouldn’t be at the point where this is treated like it’s normal." The Paterson City Council on Dec. 17 gave ...
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Chicago removes largest homeless encampment, relocates tent residents into apartments and shelters: report
Chicago officials reportedly cleared the largest homeless encampment in the city after relocating some residents into apartments and shelter beds. According to the Chicago Sun Times, the ...
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Chicago closes its largest tent city and moves most residents into apartments and shelters
Mardoqueo Hernandez Montufar, 35, at his tent site at Humboldt Park on Friday. The city cleared away all tents on Friday after finding housing for more than 60 people who had been sleeping in the ...