Encampment has started in our downtown SS neighborhood

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How were their belongings able to stay in the apartment when the couple was evicted?

Have you never seen an eviction?

I haven’t. I assumed the landlord disposed of the belongings so they could rent the apartment to someone else. It seems odd that their belongings are allowed to stay in the apartment.

Their belongings were placed on the sidewalk and in the wooded area. It looks like a hoarding situation got them evicted. They do not want to leave their things although everything has been rained on several times since July.

Since July?!?
What are these people doing on the days that the heat/humidity index is almost 100°?
That can't be safe -- especially adding drinking alcohol on top of that, which is so dehydrating.

The heat/humidity has been UNBEARABLE this summer... I don't get how an elderly couple survives something like this with no major consequences to their health/breathing?

They’re prob in their 40s or 50s but so unhealthy they look 60-80 yo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, sorry op. I would move. Ive seen similar things olay out in my dc downtown neighborhood. An encampment sprung up next to a school, and at first my lovely neighbors were practically welcoming them with casseroles. Then it was discovered one of the tent residents had an unlicensed gun. Eventually the school community came to their senses and demanded dcps do something. They expanded the fenced in area around tge school to encompass the area where the tents were.

Moving is expensive and why should they move? They arent the problem!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why was this couple evicted? Was it for not paying rent, or rule violation?

Prob didnt pay rent or bills for 6-12 mos then the owner finally got the unit back to clean and rent out again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How were their belongings able to stay in the apartment when the couple was evicted?

Have you never seen an eviction?

I haven’t. I assumed the landlord disposed of the belongings so they could rent the apartment to someone else. It seems odd that their belongings are allowed to stay in the apartment.

Their belongings were placed on the sidewalk and in the wooded area. It looks like a hoarding situation got them evicted. They do not want to leave their things although everything has been rained on several times since July.

Since July?!?
What are these people doing on the days that the heat/humidity index is almost 100°?
That can't be safe -- especially adding drinking alcohol on top of that, which is so dehydrating.

The heat/humidity has been UNBEARABLE this summer... I don't get how an elderly couple survives something like this with no major consequences to their health/breathing?

They’re prob in their 40s or 50s but so unhealthy they look 60-80 yo.

We have thousands in encampments in the summer in Florida.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How were their belongings able to stay in the apartment when the couple was evicted?

Have you never seen an eviction?

I haven’t. I assumed the landlord disposed of the belongings so they could rent the apartment to someone else. It seems odd that their belongings are allowed to stay in the apartment.

Their belongings were placed on the sidewalk and in the wooded area. It looks like a hoarding situation got them evicted. They do not want to leave their things although everything has been rained on several times since July.

Since July?!?
What are these people doing on the days that the heat/humidity index is almost 100°?
That can't be safe -- especially adding drinking alcohol on top of that, which is so dehydrating.

The heat/humidity has been UNBEARABLE this summer... I don't get how an elderly couple survives something like this with no major consequences to their health/breathing?

They’re prob in their 40s or 50s but so unhealthy they look 60-80 yo.

We have thousands in encampments in the summer in Florida.

And between the sun, smoking and beer drinking they all look 20 years older than their actual age.

[Anonymous]

As winter comes on they generally head south to the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida

[Anonymous]

Update: the encampment is gone! I was away for a few nights related to the holiday. When we returned, the couple and their stuff are all gone. I hope they are in something permanent as the weather was getting worse. Also, whoever moved them did a great job cleaning up the wooded area.