Allentown council urges out-of-town mayor to delay homeless camp eviction

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown City Council on Wednesday night implored Mayor Matt Tuerk — through his deputy — to slow down the city’s push to clear another homeless camp.

Council voted unanimously to approve three resolutions.

The first calls on Tuerk and Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel to find a plot of land where people can camp without fear of eviction and immediately release approved funding for emergency hotel stays and other initiatives…

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