‘Zero sense’: Wilmington’s unhoused question city’s moves after mandated tents leave them soaking wet during rainstorm

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The city of Wilmington is assessing its next steps after a heavy rain soaked through newly city-issued tents to unhoused people living in Christina Park.

Mayor John Carney’s office and the site manager, the nonprofit organization Friendship House, placed about 20 wooden platforms in a grid along one side of the park on Wednesday and then erected the lightweight tents on top…

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