Cities

Is it acceptable for cities to remove street camps of homeless people?

For

It keeps public areas clean and safe.

Against

It moves people without solving the real problem.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Makeshift camps create a dangerous and unsanitary environment for nearby residents.
    RedditTranslated from French
  • There were increasing levels of soil contamination, so the encampment was cleared.
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • If you only chase them away without moving them to housing or appropriate resources, it remains a fight against homeless people.
    RedditTranslated from French
  • The problem hadn't disappeared. It had only shifted to a different location.
    RedditOriginal language: English
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