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Parents, neighbors concerned over growing homeless encampment next to elementary school Matthew Torres
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For five years, William Long has called the streets his home. Equipped with a red tent, the 60-year-old D.C. resident has chosen to live near the corner of 10th Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue in Northwest.
Close to a dozen other homeless people have occupied the same grassy area in the Shaw neighborhood. Ever since the pandemic started along with construction across the street, an area with just one longtime unhoused resident turned into a homeless encampment. If I can I just pop a tent to keep the elements off me so be it, Long said. This is not me. This is not my lifestyle.