Forced Alternatives w/ Tracy Rosenthal (Unlocked)
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Homeless Encampments, Policing, and Forced Alternatives
This chapter explores the formation and stability of a homeless encampment during the pandemic, contrasting it with the lack of community in city interim housing sites. It critiques the media portrayal and city responses to encampments, discussing forced alternatives imposed on homeless individuals. The conversation delves into homelessness policies that combine services with policing, leading to issues of autonomy, criminalization, and medicalization within the unhoused community.
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