Sweeping ‘the bucket’ and other encampments is nobody’s idea of a fix for homelessness
A cleaning crew arrives at The Bucket, an encampment lived in by unhoused people, in Manchester. Activists and residents have brought city officials a list of demands, which included a request for more warning before being required to leave a space. Cameron Johnson / NHPR
Published: 6/9/2021 5:24:35 PM
The Manchester’s Chief of Police acknowledges that the situation at “the bucket,” a long-time haven on city-owned property for the encamped homeless on the city’s West Side, is not ideal.
“We do get numerous complaints from residents in that area since the inception of the camp,” Chief Allen Aldenberg said Monday, which he estimates has been at least a year.
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