David Pehl said that for him and around 50 others who live at a St. Paul, Minnesota, homeless encampment, the worry over the next few months isn’t the colder weather; it’s whether city government will make good on a promise to shut the encampment down.
“They’re trying to take everything away from us that is us,” Pehl said.
Born and raised in Minnesota’s capital, Pehl said that he’s been on the street for about five years. At the encampment behind where the Kmart used to be, off L’Orient Street, he said he’s found community and a place where he feels safe…