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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before it was closed, it was recently blocked off with cones, and set up with couches and astroturf so people could go sit there after buying food at Confetti.

But for the record, homeless people have the same right as you and I do to use public space, so yes, I would hope they will be "allowed" to be in the park when construction is complete. (I live a few blocks from there and walk past this park every day taking kids to and from school, before you accuse me of just hating on Ward 3 or whatever.)[/quote]

Boy, you sure miss the plot. OP is asking if it will become a homeless encampment. and no, there is no "right".[/quote]

There absolutely is a right to use public space with the caveat being restrictions based on concerns relating to public health and safety including trash, drugs, fire hazards and rodent infestations. AFAIK there is no restriction against “camping” in parks or on other public property in the District although Bowser was pursuing a pilot program to designate certain areas as “no camping” zones. There was ongoing class action litigation against the District about dismantling encampments but I don’t know where it stands. Nonetheless, it boils down to a matter of whack-a-mole as the unhoused don’t magically disappear, they are just forced to relocate. [/quote]

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