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Healthcare providers across the country are raising concerns that the ordinance would limit access to care for people living unsheltered and increase preventable illness and death.

Scheduled to begin June 1, when heat can be deadly for those without shelter, this ordinance is framed as one of safety against drug litter, but will instead cause further harm without offering solutions.

The Safe Medical Treatment in Parks Ordinance (G-7467, Sec. 23-45) prohibits street medicine, harm reduction services, and food distribution except through a very limited and unworkable permit system.

Our street medicine colleagues and the people they serve in Phoenix, AZ, are facing a new ordinance that effectively bans medical care for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in city parks.

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just sayin’

St. Paul’s largest homeless camp has grown, but problems have been relatively few Unlike Minneapolis, St. Paul provides dumpsters and toilets, and city officials say that helps.

Proud to do my work in St Paul.
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These temperatures dropped fast. Donate here or Listening House for max impact.

Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.

I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.

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The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

Let me say this without hesitation or ambiguity - THIS WILL KILL PEOPLE. People who are already operating at the top of their capacity in an environment that is already trying daily.
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People Serving People to vouch for those experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis so they can vote "Basic democratic principles like voting, the most basic way you exercise your right as a resident of this great city, is by voting, and we want more folks to have access to that," Haong Murphy, presi...

This is an easy way to help people. If you know people out and about, help them get to the polls. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Minneapolis Mayor Frey Pledged to End Homelessness. He Failed, and He's Apparently All Out of Ideas. - Racket Some leaders incorrectly believe sweeping away encampments solves the underlying problems.

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If you can, send cash to local food banks. You are not better at buying bulk food than they are, I promise.

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More Than a Paycheck: Most of Minnesota's homeless have jobs highlighting the state's housing crisis Data shows nearly half of Minnesota’s homeless adults have jobs, highlighting the severity of the state’s housing crisis. WCCO’s Taylor Rivera is exploring the potential solutions and contributing fac...

The idea that people aren't willing to work is a myth. The barriers are high, the stigma is real.
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I know I can seem kind of aloof from movement drama sometimes. And I know this framing can be reductive but: we steward a community pantry at the end of our driveway and inadvertently seeing who picks up from it, who is my neighbor who needs it, makes me less obsessed with my own hurt feelings.

Experts warn of rising dehumanization of unhoused community, impact of federal cuts Housing advocates said Minnesota’s shelter and housing system has been strained for years and faces new threats from federal funding cuts.

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Moon Palace, Corazon, that one store that took over Bibelot.

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Evicting this camp compounds the trauma of the residents. All shelter beds are full. Gratitude to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social for offering a respite space.

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Beyond the topic, which I really like, the tone of this article is fantastic.

And I'm moved that Jay Patel is out here still trying to help after the Midtown Sheraton.

Brooklyn Center revokes hotel license after finding homeless medical respite facility inside The hotel operators argue the care facility is an allowable use and plan to challenge the city decision in court, an attorney said.

I think Care Chexx is/was a great idea - more respite beds are deeply needed. People in shelter are often are refused surgeries because there is no location for discharge. I wish the permitting had been cleared first.

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It's hot. Public cooling spaces: www.ramseycounty.us/residents/em...

Avenues for Youth is expanding!

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This is great, but 7 units for people exiting houselessness? I'd be delighted with 70.

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More coverage!

And it is fire! Thank you for putting your thoughts into the world, hard agree.