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People experiencing homelessness await forced removal at City Hall, Westport camps
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) Organizers, advocates, and people staying at two homeless encampments in Kansas City are waiting for the city’s next step in deciding the future of the sites.
City officials ordered people to leave the camps in Westport and outside of KC City Hall before Monday because of public health and safety issues, but people have not left.
Luke Lindsey, a KC native, has been staying at the Westport encampment, Camp 6ixx, since February. He says he’s felt safe during his longest homeless situation; Lindsey is used to sleeping on concrete or in unsafe areas.
Kansas City metro groups work to keep people experiencing homelessness safe
Kansas City-area organization works to keep people experiencing homelessness safe
Posted at 6:12 PM, Feb 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-14 19:12:58-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â The Kansas City metro is experiencing dangerously cold temperatures. However, that s not stopping one organization from helping people experiencing homelessness.
Luke Banks is a member of the member of the Kansas City Homeless Union and has experienced homelessness for four years, enduring dangerous weather before. I don t have to be homeless right now, but you know what, this is my calling to help people and this is what Iâm going to do until the job is done, Banks said.