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== Arkansas ==
== Arkansas ==
In November 2022, the Arkansas Department of Transportation removed encampments in Little Rock near highways and interstates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-28 |title=Homeless camps being moved out of Little Rock and North Little Rock |url=https://www.thv11.com/article/life/people/homeless-move-little-rock-north-little-rock/91-dc693d20-853d-494a-a714-5097c1c26f97 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=thv11.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2023, the DOT removed another Little Rock encampment with bulldozers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Emma |date=2023-03-24 |title=Homeless people in Little Rock removed from their camp by state transportation department |url=https://katv.com/news/local/homeless-people-in-little-rock-removed-from-camp-arkansas-state-transportation-department-ardot-spokesperson-ellen-coulter-encampment-unsheltered-gloria-springer-boulevard-interstate-community-neighborhoods-woods-students-children-school-police-advocates |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=KATV |language=en}}</ref>


== California ==
== California ==

Revision as of 02:51, 23 June 2024

In order to control the impact of homelessness in their communities, municipal governments in the United States regularly conduct sweeps of tent encampments, forcibly dispersing people from public or private land where they are camping without authorization. This is a list of tent encampment sweeps in the United States.

Alabama

In October 2022, Mobile cleared an encampment near I-65 to allow for a bridge inspection.[1] In November 2022 police cleared two encampments under highway overpasses in Montgomery.[2]

Alaska

In September 2017, Juneau police cleared a downtown encampment.[3]

In April 2020, the Anchorage Assembly passed a resolution to more aggressively clear the city's homeless encampments.[4] The city began sweeping encampments along Chester Creek and downtown that month.[5] In June 2022, Anchorage cleared an encampment of 25 to 50 people in Davis Park, in the Mountain View neighborhood.[6] In October 2023, Anchorage cleared its largest encampment.[7] That winter, a record 51 people died on the city streets.[8]

In 2024, Anchorage police cleared an encampment on Second Avenue.[9]

Arizona

The city of Phoenix swept more than 3,000 encampments in 2022, and 1,200 in 2019. [10] Police swept an encampment of 700 to 900 people in November 2023. 500 people were placed in shelter beds and motels.[11][12]

In May 2024, Tucson began clearing encampments in the 100 Acre Wood, beginning with a spot selected by Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for PFAS testing.[13]

Arkansas

In November 2022, the Arkansas Department of Transportation removed encampments in Little Rock near highways and interstates.[14] In March 2023, the DOT removed another Little Rock encampment with bulldozers.[15]

California

Police cleared hundreds of encampments from Seventeenth Street in the East Village of San Diego in 2017.[16]

In 2017, laborers and police cleared out the "Promise Land" encampment beneath a highway overpass in Oakland.[17]

In 2021, Los Angeles relocated 200 people from encampments on Venice Beach.[18] The Los Angeles Sanitation Department responded to 4,000 requests a month regarding encampments at the end of 2022.[10]

The city of Fresno swept an encampment of around 25 people in April 2022.[19]

In July 2023, the city of Antioch announced a five year, $2.3 million on-call encampment removal contract with a ServiceMaster franchise.[20] In April 2024 more than 100 people living in 70 vehicles were removed from Wilbur Avenue.[21]

In November 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom announced an allocation of $300 million by the state of California to clear encampments near highways.[22]

In June 2024 San Diego County was sued for the improper removal of people's personal belongings and valuables during encampment sweeps.[23]

Colorado

The city of Denver spent nearly $600,000 to clear 230 large encampments in 2021 and 2022.[10]

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

On 16 May 2024, Gainesville police and municipal workers cleared a tent encampment around Southeast Fourth Place in downtown Gainesville. The city used excavators to remove people's belongings.[24][25]

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

State and city workers cleared a large encampment in Portland using bulldozers in November 2023.[26]

In June 2024 the city of Sanford, Maine swept a homeless encampment between the Mousam river and an abandoned mill building, displacing 40 people.[27]

Maryland

Baltimore city and county police cleared an encampment near the city line in August 2023.[28]

Massachusetts

In January 2024 Worcester police arrested three people for refusing to disperse from an encampment erected in the parking lot of the town's temporary emergency shelter.[29]

Michigan

In October 2021 Kalamazoo police cleared an encampment on the Kalamazoo River that had housed up to 160 people in the preceding two years. Police removed 11 vehicles, including RVs.[30]

In December 2023, Lansing police used bulldozers to clear an encampment under the Kalamazoo Street Bridge.[31]

Minnesota

In October 2020 the ACLU of Minnesota police cleared an encampment of 34 people at Point of Rocks in Duluth.[32]

In 2021, an encampment north of downtown Minneapolis resisted an attempted sweep by police. Video showed police using pepper spray as they arrested five people resisting the eviction.[33] After three houses caught fire in July 2022, the Minneapolis Police Department cleared a nearby encampment.[34] In September 2022 the clearance of an encampment on East 28th Street and Bloomington Avenue sparked protests and complaints.[35] MPD arrested two people for obstructing the clearing an encampment in the Near North neighborhood in October 2022.[36] In December, the city cleared another longstanding encampment near the Quarry shopping center.[37] Minneapolis removed more than 383 people from 44 encampments through November of 2023.[10]

Mississippi

Missouri

In St. Louis, an encampment near City Hall was cleared after police shot and killed a man nearby.[38]

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

The city of Las Vegas swept 2,500 encampments through September of 2023, up from 1,600 in 2021.[10]

New Hampshire

In January 2024, Rochester cleared an encampment on the grounds of the First Church Congregational.[39]

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

On 6 April 2022 police arrested a group of homeless advocates in the East Village who blocked a homeless encampment from being dispersed for several hours.[40] In May, eight protestors were arrested during an encampment sweep near Tompkins Square Park.[41] More than 2,300 people were removed from encampments from March to November in 2022. 199 accepted temporary shelter.[10]

North Carolina

In October 2023, Wilmington police swept an encampment of about 30 people on North Kerr Avenue. Police did not attempt to connect the campers with social services.[42]

In April 2024 Raleigh Police cleared an encampment of about 40 people at the intersection of Route 401 and Route 70, drawing protests from concerned residents.[43]

North Dakota

Ohio

In August 2018, Cincinatti cleared a downtown encampment on Third Street.[44] The city later settled a lawsuit over the sweeps for $83,000 and reformed its policies[45]

Oklahoma

Oregon

Portland cleared 5,000 encampments since November of 2022, averaging a rate of 19 per day at the end of 2023. Crews found the bodies of overdose victims inside their tents.[10] In August 2023, Portland police swept a large youth encampment.[46] In January 2024, Portland cleared the largest of its remaining encampments on the edge of Harbor View Memorial Park. 70 tents were taken down, and 17 people accepted a bed in a shelter. More than 50 protestors formed a human chain as the encampment was being cleared.[47]

Pennsylvania

In May 2021 Philadelphia police cleared an encampment at the 12th and Locust PATCO station, where people had been living since December of 2020. 42 out of roughly 75 encampment residents accepted housing and treatment services.[48]

In November 2023 police cleared an encampment of eight to ten people in downtown Pittsburgh.[49]

In February and March 2024, police cleared encampments from the Philadelphia International Airport.[50]

An "elaborate" encampment with couches and other furniture beneath an underpass was cleared by the city of Harrisburg in March 2024.[51]

On 8 May 2024, police and municipal workers cleared a tent encampment along several blocks in Kensington.[52]

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Police swept an encampment at Sears Lane in Burlington twice in 2021, reducing its population from around 30 to six from October to December.[53] Two encampment residents and one protestor were arrested in December.[54]

Virginia

Washington

A tent encampment adjacent to the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone which had resisted several attempted sweeps since the CHAZ's disbandment was raided by Seattle police on 18 December 2020. Police made 24 arrests and dispersed around 50 people.[55]

In August 2023, Centralia cleared an encampment at Blakeside railroad junction after the property was sold to Rainer Rail by the Washington State Department of Transportation.[56]

In March 2024, police swept an encampment near Aki Kurose middle school in south Seattle.[57]

Washington, DC

In February 2023 the National Park Service cleared an encampment of about 70 people three blocks from the White House.[58]

On 16 May 2024 The National Park Service and DC police cleared out six encampments in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, displacing 70 people.[59]

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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