The vast homeless population has led to the formation of a growing number of unauthorized encampments on city property. Many residents share a number of concerns surrounding the unauthorized encampments, including a potential spread of diseases, an increase in criminal activity and sanitation concerns. Leaderboard 2Though the passed homeless encampment policy aims to reduce unauthorized homeless encampments within the rest of Ithaca, the policy’s intended goal of pushing more homeless individuals into the local encampment has sparked uneasiness with the community surrounding it. “One of the homeless people [stole] fuel from one of our tenants.”Newsletter SignupWeiner explained that the proximity of the authorized homeless encampments have made some residents, particularly senior citizens, feel unsafe. “The city is trying to reduce the areas where they’re going to allow people to camp or set up a shelter,” Schwartz said.

Source: Daily Sun October 02, 2023 02:17 UTC