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Grace Birnstengel

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Eager to improve the city’s response to encampments, new Minneapolis City Council members have been gridlocked, in part due to Mayor Jacob Frey’s recent expansion of power. Instead of creating a formal policy, the city is sending more police officers and establishing perimeters while closing camps.

Eager to improve the city’s response to encampments, new Minneapolis City Council members have been gridlocked, in part due to Mayor Jacob Frey’s recent expansion of power. Instead of creating a formal policy, the city is sending more police officers and establishing perimeters while closing camps. MPR News reporter Grace Birnstengel joins Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to talk about her five-part series on being homeless in Minneapolis.

MPR News reporter Grace Birnstengel on being homeless in Minneapolis

A light rail train passing a tent encampment

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Matthew Ichikawa outside a Minneapolis homeless encampment clearing

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A bird's eye view of tents and paths in the snow

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A bobcat clears a large homeless encampment

Crews of state and county workers clear a large homeless encampment

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Crews of state and county workers clear a large homeless encampment 

A sign that reads "Sweeps are police brutality"

People pack up an encampment under a bridge

People in hi-vis vests stand near an orange truck

Concrete barriers on a flatbed trailer drive past tents

A large MDOT truck drives past people under a bridge

People pack up a tent encampment under a bridge

Three people wearing neon vests wheel belongings up the street

Minneapolis made little progress on homeless encampments in 2022. Why?

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