A day after Fox 4 first reported on a homeless camp facing eviction in a wooded lot off Pine Ridge Road in Iona, deputies returned to the property Thursday morning with outreach teams and printed resources in hand.
Watch as Iona Community Correspondent Anvar Ruziev follows up from the encampment:
Follow-Up: Lee County deputies return to Iona homeless camp with resources
According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, seven people were engaged at the site. Deputies, alongside Kimmie’s Recovery Zone and Lee County Human and Veteran Services, offered food, drinks, and information about local services.
But Tanya Founds, who’s been living at the camp for over a year, said those options are still limited. “I don’t know what to do,” she told Fox 4. “If somebody could tell me where there’s a spot where it’s okay to have a tent and camp, then I think I would be there… I’d rather sleep in a tent than on the curb.”…