"Residents of R.I. tent city agree to vacate
Residents of a tent city in East Providence have agreed to leave their spot under an Interstate 195 bridge in 3 1/2 weeks, but they are not happy about it. In the agreement reached with the state yesterday, the homeless residents of Camp Runamuck said they will move by noon Sept. 8. In return, the state agreed to help them sign up for social services such as subsidized housing, food stamps, and disability benefits if they are eligible. Some residents complained that the state suggested they move to a campground in Narragansett, which is not near social services and would have cost them $16 per night per tent (AP)."
If they are homeless and without money... ?
But banks and war looters are awash in trillions, huh?
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Oh, Massachusetts elites!!!
FLASHBACK:
"Residents of 1 RI tent city agree to relocate" by Eric Tucker, Associated Press Writer | August 7, 2009
There is more than one?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --A dozen homeless residents of a tent city agreed Friday to relocate later this month, while a court hearing on the fate of a larger homeless encampment was postponed by a week. About 40 homeless people have camped for months near an interstate highway overpass in Providence or under the Washington Bridge in East Providence.
State authorities on Thursday told the squatters they would have to leave because they were trespassing on land owned by the transportation department and living in unsanitary and dangerous conditions. They said the "unhygienic conditions" of the camps made them susceptible to rats and other vermin.
TRILLIONS for BANKS and WARS!
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Residents of one camp, Hope City in Providence, struck an agreement with the state Friday to relocate to private property by Aug. 24, said Amy Kempe, a spokeswoman for Gov. Don Carcieri.
A Superior Court judge postponed arguments about the East Providence shelter until next Friday, allowing residents to remain there in the meantime....
Christopher D'Ambra, 32, who lives at the East Providence encampment and has been homeless for about 10 years, said he enjoys the freedom of the tent city. He chafes at the notion of living at a regimented shelter. "If living in a tent makes you happy, I think that's what you should be allowed to do," he said. "Living in that situation, it's a sense of freedom. You're sleeping in your own bed."
Well, I'd choose to live in a house first, given the choice.
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