Lansing homeless encampment resident says city is struggling to find new places for them to live

It’s been three months since the City of Lansing filed a lawsuit against two property owners for permitting a homeless encampment’s existence on their properties.

Lansing residents criticized the city’s plan to remove the encampment, located on private property next to Dietrich Park.

In August, Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina ruled that the property owners must provide residents with portable restrooms. This was met with disapproval from the property owners, advocacy groups and residents of the encampment. They felt the city should be responsible for supplying the restrooms…

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