#Portland an hour ago

https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1296304482804854784?s=20

#Portland 10 minutes ago

https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1296329744435130368

#Portland - this was earlier, tweeted 40 minutes ago

https://twitter.com/hungrybowtie/status/1296322139285409792

#Portland - tweeted 5 minutes ago
https://twitter.com/_WhatRiot/status/1296347908900392960

This does NOT inspire confidence in the carceral state, to be honest:
https://twitter.com/RachaelHerron/status/1296103976262221824

Update from the camp: the court is still discussing. Verdict anticipated around 4pm now. Witnesses still being heard. There are concerns that there will be a middle of the night raid, but that really depends on what happens with the ruling.

The true number of homeless people in Philadelphia is unknown. According to the Philadelphia Office of Homelessness, the homeless population in Philly is 5,735. However, the metric that the Office of Homelessness uses to calculate that number is flawed at best. It operates a single “Point in Time Count” that “is an annual count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January.” A more sincere figure from the Office of Homelessness would be its number of people served, of whom there were 17,766 in 2019. https://philadelphiaweekly.com/summer-camps/

PHA and City of Philadelphia, I'm sure you're probably reading this because you have figured out by now that we organize on here. Just a reminder, you dont have beds. You have more than twice the amount of properties in emminent domain than you have homeless people. You're bullshiting us! If you evict the homeless, where are they going? The side walk? Another park? How about your front porch? Because we can set up a new camp outside your front porch Mayor Kenney if you tear these camps down without providing a permanent solution to homelessness and reforming PHA.

"Solving the issue of homelessness is difficult, not because there “is no money for it” but rather because land ownership is the foundation for wealth and power in America. If the government gives up a slice of wealth and power to its most impoverished people for nothing in return, it would undermine the entire basis of the economic system we live in. America destroyed its own welfare state to disincentivize its citizens from bottoming out of the economic system.

In a capitalist system some people have to be homeless, the threat of losing it all keeps the working class from quitting their jobs. The fear of a worse life allows for the machine to keep churning, no matter how good or bad your situation is. The options have always been clear: The government can give up some power and capital to benefit its citizens or it can allow its people to sleep in the street. Up until now, Philadelphia and every other city have chosen the latter." - Jason Peter's

The longer you wait Mayor Kenney, the bigger the next camp will be and the more inconvenient the next camp will be for you. You have a decision to make.