These community groups condemn Bellingham homeless camp removal, demand no more sweeps
The Bellingham Herald 2/5/2021 Denver Pratt, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Feb. 5 More than a dozen local community organizations have come together to condemn the way the city of Bellingham handled the removal of a downtown homeless tent encampment late last week.
The group has also asked that the city create a permanent policy banning homeless encampment clean-ups and offer residents of the previous downtown camp services and options for temporary and permanent housing.
The city on Feb. 2 posted a deadline of 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, for people to remove themselves and their belongings from a new homeless encampment in the lower parking lot of Frank Geri Softball Fields off of Puget Street. The city s legal notice said As of the date below this property will be subject to clean up efforts by the city. Remaining on this property could subject you to being a
The city of Bellingham has started clearing a camp outside City Hall where people without permanent shelter had set up tents and were living since mid-November to protest the lack of housing in the area.
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Washington protesters break into city hall over homeless encampment
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Posted Jan 23, 2021
People have been living on the lawn of Bellingham City Hall since November to protest the lack of shelter in the area.City of Bellingham
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. Protesters and advocates for dozens of people living in a temporary tent encampment on the lawn of Bellingham City Hall on Friday created a human barrier and some later broke into the building in an effort to stop city officials from trying to clean up the site.
The city notified campers earlier this week that the encampment needed to move a short distance away from City Hall for fire and other safety reasons, The Bellingham Herald reported. People have been living there since November to protest the lack of shelter in the area.