The rate of encampment cleanups in Wichita has dramatically increased compared to last year, but still-visible homelessness frustrates community and city council members.
One detail was unspoken during the Wichita City Council’s recent debate over stronger enforcement of an ordinance against homeless encampments:
Cleanups are far more frequent than they were prior to the updated ordinance, according to a Journal analysis of public records, and they have been occurring, on average, at least daily since stricter enforcement began in March…