WORCESTER — During the Worcester City Council meeting on September 22, 2026, councilors declined to pass a controversial public camping ordinance that would have banned sleeping or living in vehicles on public property, instead voting to send the proposal back to the city manager for a rewrite.
The item, listed as 18B in the agenda and presented as part of the administration’s “Disrupting the Cycle” strategic framework for supporting unhoused people, would have imposed 72-hour eviction notices and $25 a day fines for camping on public property.
The proposal drew more than two hours of public comment, almost entirely in opposition…