In the past year, two tent encampments have been cleared by the city, but people are still living in tents and green spaces and under viaducts throughout the city.
As President Trump begins a high-profile campaign to clear encampments in D.C., we look at the ways being homeless is criminalized, the strain on residents when there are encampments in parks and what the city and social service organizations are doing to find homes for the unhoused.
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GUESTS: Sendy Soto, Chicago Chief Homelessness Officer
David Wywialowski, director of Outreach and Health, Night Ministry
Doug Schenkelberg, executive director, Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness
Mark Ishaug, CEO, Thresholds