15% of encampment residents city interacted with have been housed, Hamilton data shows
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Hamilton has returned to its pre-pandemic enforcement at encampments, with tents being torn down in at least three parks in recent days.
Vic Wojciechowska, a member of the Hamilton Encampment Support Network (HESN), estimated that more than a dozen people have been evicted from city parks since last week, with some reportedly given only two hours of notice to pack up or be forcibly removed.
On Wednesday, despite a day of rain, HESN said on Twitter they were maintaining a presence at J.C. Beemer Park off Victoria Avenue North, to stop the removal of a person staying there.
Removals are one part of the city's encampment response. Another includes its outreach efforts to house those residents.
But how many people from encampments make it into housing with city support?
The most-recent statistics available show outreach workers interacted with 477 people living at encampments in Hamilton between January 2020 and July 2021.
Of those nearly 500 people, 15 per cent have been permanently housed, according to city data.
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