illegal camping

Albany working on proposal for tent cities

Written April 4th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 37 responses.

Hoping to prevent or at least to reduce illegal camping by the homeless, Albany city officials are working on a proposal to authorize temporary encampments in certain places such as church parking lots.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Emergency Transition Housing, homeless, homeless camps, illegal camping, municipal code, tent cities

A new addition on the Dave Clark Path

Written May 27th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

There have been improvised homeless camps along the Willamette River in Albany for years, but not up on the Dave Clark Riverfront Path — until now.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, Albany paths, camping in parks, Dave Clark Path, illegal camping, squatters and vagrants

New city job: Stem problems in Albany parks

Written October 18th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

Starting next year, Albany will have a city employee to patrol the parks and trails, watch out for trouble, and do something about it when trouble is found.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany parks, dump sites, graffiti, illegal camping, park problems, park service officer

This is what Albany wants to discourage

Written April 22nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 27 responses.

Scenes like this — people camping downtown on public and private property — are what some members of the Albany City Council don’t want to encourage. That’s why they worry about a portable toilet that’s been set up outside the First Christian Church since last fall.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: first Christian, homeless, illegal camping, portable toilet, Seattle Is Dying, street life

New warning signs on the Clark Path

Written December 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

New signs have sprouted along a segment of Albany’s Dave Clark Path, opening the possibility that people could be cited for trespassing if they camp on the riverbank below.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Dave Clark Path, Edgewater Village, homeless, illegal camping, trespassing, unauthorized camping, Willamette