ListenAmid encampment fires and evictions, advocates look at buying land
Advocates for unhoused people in the Twin Cities are scrambled to open warming centers during Monday’s cold snap. In early January there were a string of fires at homeless encampments in Minneapolis this month. Two encampment fires ignited just six blocks apart on the same day in south Minneapolis.
Advocates for the homeless say more than 200 people were displaced from the incidents. Two of those advocates are Christin Crabtree and Nicole Mason, who support unhoused people through Camp Nenookaasi. They’re fundraising to buy land in the area to prevent people from getting displaced again. Crabtree and Mason joined Minnesota Now to talk about it…