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LISTEN: Advocates and residents of the Old Wheat Street encampment are demanding Atlanta provide supportive housing first, but the city’s sweep is fast approaching. GPB’s Amanda Andrews reports.
Residents of Atlanta’s Old Wheat Street encampment have until Thursday to find housing after Atlanta announced a sweep of the homeless camp. In January, Cornelius Taylor was crushed to death by heavy machinery during a sweep on that same street.
That’s when encampment residents and housing justice organizers formed the Justice for Cornelius Taylor Coalition. In June, the coalition, which advocates for unhoused people, submitted an alternative housing proposal to the city, but it did not get a response.
Timothy Franzen is part of the coalition. He said Old Wheat Street residents have lost trust in the city…