Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that over the past five months, the number of people living in homeless encampments has dropped “significantly,” and so has the number of corresponding violent crimes that plagued neighborhoods where the encampments popped up.
“It is a world of difference,” said Mayor Frey. “We have an HR Team, a homeless response team, that is going out and both providing shelter and housing options. We’re producing more deeply affordable housing than we ever have before by a longshot.”
Frey told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS there are currently 32 people in homeless encampments compared to nearly 300 in late fall, and the number of shootings and drug overdoses has also dropped…