‘Where do I go?’: Residents in shock after Allentown moves to evict homeless encampment

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Many residents of a homeless encampment were left stunned by Allentown officials’ decision this week to push them out of the area.

They said they’d received promises from city leaders, including Mayor Matt Tuerk, that they would be allowed to stay.

But employees posted no-trespassing signs Thursday outside an encampment along Jordan Creek, where up to 150 people live in tents, according to residents…

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