Contract workers, rather than union Metro Transit staff as initially planned, are expected to be on platforms, buses and trains during the first quarter of 2024 under a safety plan passed in May.
Minneapolis tent encampment gets reprieve after residents, volunteers organize Mpls. cancels eviction as tightknit residents with local support seek permanent housing. March 1, 2021 1:08pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Homeless encampments have popped up and come down repeatedly in the last nine months at sites around the Twin Cities. But at the Near North encampment in Minneapolis, a strong community bond and help from neighborhood volunteers may lead to something more lasting.
With the city delaying its eviction notice indefinitely, organizers at the encampment think they re on a path to permanent housing for all its residents. The aim is to have enough time and access to resources to purchase a building that the residents here can have a hand in creating, said Mandla Xaba, a resident of the Near North encampment.