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OPHS No Longer Enforcing Closure of Fountain Square Encampment, Looking for Alternative Solutions
City officials extend deadline to relocate Leonard Street camp residents due to housing challenges, with only two of 11 residents securing housing before initial deadline, officials said.
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OPHS no longer enforcing closure of Fountain Square encampment, looking for alternative solutions
FOUNTAIN SQUARE Two days after the City of Indianapolis set a deadline to clear it out an encampment off Leonard Street in Fountain Square, many who have called it home are still there. WRTV learned the Office of Public Health and Safety (OPHS) is no longer enforcing the closure until they find alternative solutions for everyone at the camp."All of us wanted to give up. All of us wanted to just throw everything in the middle of the road and just…
City leader speaks on Fountain Square homeless camp, extended deadline
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis leader is answering questions about why a homeless encampment in Fountain Square hasn’t been cleared, nearly two days after the deadline. The director of the Office of Public Health and Safety, Andrew Merkley, could not answer when the new deadline will be, but said his team is working to get every person into housing. He also said the public safety risk in the area has been mitigated by arresting two people…
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