The strip of grass and gravel locals call the “End of the World,” along the Industrial Canal in Bywater, is about to be cleared. City crews plan to remove a small homeless encampment there as redevelopment continues at the adjacent former naval base. About a dozen people still live at the site, and officials say outreach teams will first try to connect them with vouchers and other services before the area is cleared. The move follows a wave of rehousing during the pandemic years and more recent cuts to local homelessness resources.
Targeted sweeps, city says
City housing director Jeffrey Schwartz told NOLA.com that crews will carry out targeted sweeps to relocate “a few dozen people” living along several riverbank encampments and to connect them with services. According to the same report, about 12 people remain at the grassland camp after earlier clearings, and the administration’s outreach push has rehoused more than 1,500 people with the help of a federal grant over the past two years. City officials acknowledge that much of that federal money has now run out…..