As Deadline Arrives, Agencies Still Working To Move Homeless Campers Into Alternative Housing

Thursday is the deadline for people living in a massive homeless camp in downtown Milwaukee to leave, so the state can begin work on a stormwater runoff project. The Department of Transportation (DOT) passed out notices a few weeks ago to campers in the "tent city" near 6th and Clybourn streets, telling them they have to vacate by the end of October. State and county officials have been working with different agencies and have vowed that everybody will get the services that they need. As of Monday, about two dozen tents remain at the camp, sprinkled between furniture items such as tables, chairs and couches. At the peak, there were more than 60 tents and nearly 100 people staying here. The camp spans several square blocks under Interstate 794, across from the Intermodal station in downtown Milwaukee. The state recently put up orange fencing around the place. Garbage is piled up in bins next to a bank of port-o-potties. On Monday, only a few people were roaming around the camp,