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Dec 4, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
People have a right to choose what feels safest for them. Moreover, they have a right to be safe: a congregate setting, being placed in a shelter-hotel alone with a stranger isn't safe. Declare a moratorium on #encampment evictions.
Shelter-hotels should also not be allowed to service restrict residents and turn them out on to the street. If the goal is indeed to bring people into "safe, indoor spaces" as the City claims, then keep them indoors. Provide what folks need to feel and be safe once they're there.
