Oakland Residents Say Tent Encampments Threatening Neighborhoods

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Neighbors have sent Oakland many complaints about a homeless encampment underneath the freeway on 29th Street in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood. The city has struggled to serve its homeless population, which grew about 26 percent between 2015 and 2017. Photo by Devin Katayama/KQED

By Devin Katayama, KQED News Fix
When Hilary Nevis bought her house last year on 29th Street in Oakland’s Hoover-Foster neighborhood, she remembers a single person sleeping under the freeway overpass a few dozen yards from her front door.

“It was a really small footprint. He didn’t bother anyone. He very much felt like my neighbor,” Nevis said.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix.

For more information about homelessness, read the Summer 2017 San Francisco Public Press Special Report “Navigating Homelessness.”

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