Morgantown City Council moves to eliminate ‘hostile architecture’

Morgantown City Council moves to eliminate ‘hostile architecture’

Morgantown City Council voted Tuesday to approve a resolution that prohibits the city from installing “hostile architecture” in public infrastructure, such as benches with bars that prevent homeless people from sleeping on the bench. (Photo by Tatiana Stephanishcheva/Getty Images)Morgantown, West Virginia, has taken a step away from park benches and other equipment designed to discourage unhoused people and others from resting or lying down.  Mo…