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City crews clean up homeless encampment near Dan Ryan Expressway: ‘They've got to do it before someone gets hurt back there'

Sophie Sherry

February 11, 2020 |

Chicago Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

In Chicago, city workers take care to clear debris and abandoned tents but not informal settlements belonging to homeless populations. Workers with the Department of Streets and Sanitation worked with community lawyers and local homeless programs to make sure that the necessary cleaning did not displace people in the encampment.

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