FOUNTAIN SQUARE — Two days after the City of Indianapolis set a deadline to clear it out an encampment off Leonard Street in Fountain Square, many who have called it home are still there. WRTV learned the Office of Public Health and Safety (OPHS) is no longer enforcing the closure until they find alternative solutions for everyone at the camp.
“All of us wanted to give up. All of us wanted to just throw everything in the middle of the road and just say forget it all,” Jessica Hottensgine, a woman experiencing homelessness, said.
Nearly two and a half weeks ago, those living at a camp off Leonard Street in Fountain Square received a 17-day notice to relocate by 11:59 p.m. Monday, August 11…