WHY THEY’RE DOING THIS NOW >> CITY PUBLIC WORK CREWS CLEANING UP THIS AREA ON STOCKTON AVENUE ON PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THEY DISPLAYED SIGNS THEY PUT UP A FENCE AROUND THE AREA AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT 9 AM A FEW PEOPLE WERE PACKING UP THEIR THINGS SIGN READ BELONGINGS WILL BE KEPT TILL MID JUNE ONE MAN SAID HE’S BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE ACTIONS. >> WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL HERE >> WERE DOING OUR BEST TO HANDLE THIS WITH RESPECT >>PITTSBURGH HAS MOVED ROUGHLY 35 PEOPLE TO AN EMERGENCY SHELTER WORKING TO FIND SHELTER FOR 10 OTHERS. SHELTER OPEN THREE WEEKS AGO. ALREADY REACHED CAPACITY THEY CAN HOUSE 135 PEOPLE IN THE WINTER. >> IS ALSO GETTING COLDER WANTING TO DO WORK TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO THE SHELTER >> POLICE ARE BLOCKING OFF ACCESS TO THE STREET BUT SAYS IS NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION. >> DESCRIBED IT AS A SLO
City of Pittsburgh crews decommission North Side homeless encampment
A city spokesperson says officials have worked to house those who had been staying there
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Updated: 2:08 PM EST Dec 14, 2022
City public works crews started to place fencing around a homeless encampment on Stockton Avenue on Wednesday morning, after officials recently posted signs saying camping is not permitted there.Ahead of the 9 a.m. start time, a few people who had been staying there were packing up their belongings. One man, who did not want to go on camera and said he had lived there for a year, expressed frustration with the city's actions."We're doing our best to handle this with respect, as much as we can," said Maria Montañ0, spokesperson for Mayor Ed Gainey's office.Montañ0 said for several weeks, the city had been working on transition plans for people at Stockton Avenue.In the past few days, roughly 35 people had been housed at Second Avenue Commons, a new shelter that can house 135 people in the winter. Officials are working on finding housing for another 10 individuals."There were some broader safety and public health concerns surrounding this encampment," Montañ0 said, including drug activity. Signs posted in the area read the city would be storing belongings found at the site for six months. To claim those belongings, people can call 311.
PITTSBURGH — City public works crews started to place fencing around a homeless encampment on Stockton Avenue on Wednesday morning, after officials recently posted signs saying camping is not permitted there.
Ahead of the 9 a.m. start time, a few people who had been staying there were packing up their belongings. One man, who did not want to go on camera and said he had lived there for a year, expressed frustration with the city's actions.
"We're doing our best to handle this with respect, as much as we can," said Maria Montañ0, spokesperson for Mayor Ed Gainey's office.
Montañ0 said for several weeks, the city had been working on transition plans for people at Stockton Avenue.
In the past few days, roughly 35 people had been housed at Second Avenue Commons, a new shelter that can house 135 people in the winter. Officials are working on finding housing for another 10 individuals.
"There were some broader safety and public health concerns surrounding this encampment," Montañ0 said, including drug activity.
Signs posted in the area read the city would be storing belongings found at the site for six months. To claim those belongings, people can call 311.
