Statement of the National Homelessness Law Center on Planned Eviction of McPherson Square Encampment
Erika Lopez2023-02-13T14:50:09-05:00Statement of the National Homelessness Law Center on Planned Eviction of McPherson Square Encampment (February 13, 2023) On February 2, the DC government announced that the McPherson Square encampment community in downtown D.C. will be forcibly evicted on February 15, two months earlier than previously announced and in the midst of hypothermia season. The planned eviction of more than 70 unsheltered D.C. residents comes after the D.C. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Wayne Turnage requested the National Park Service expedite the clearing. The planned eviction directly conflicts with the federal Plan to End [...]