NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A proposal from Metro’s Office of Homeless Services could shift more responsibility to private property owners regarding the removal of homeless encampments.
At Wednesday’s Continuum of Care: Homelessness Planning Council meeting, Director of Metro’s OHS April Calvin said that if a property owner wants a homeless encampment moved, they should help pay for it.
“If there is a property owner or a business or someone that’s going to ask us to close an encampment or move an encampment, then they should be the responsible party for paying shared cost in that movement,” Calvin said…