Westland homeless encampment persists on county land as officials seek lasting solution

WESTLAND, Mich. – Wayne County officials returned to a long-running homeless encampment behind a supermarket at Michigan Avenue and Merriman Road in Westland, working to address a cycle that has repeated itself for years.

The encampment sits on county-owned land — where a county official on the scene noted some of the remains of the old Eloise Complex can still be found.

It has been cleared before, but tents keep coming back…

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