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Spike in Hamilton homeless encampments a ‘difficult challenge,’ says city
COVID-19 pandemic.Downtown councillor Jason Farr says he’s hoping the venture will teach him a little more about the nature of Hamilton’s spike in homeless sites in recent months.“I am talking to you from Kitchener, Waterloo where just today after a week’s notice, they are dismantling an encampment here,” Farr told Global News. “Then I’ll be heading to London where, during the COVID-19 crisis, they’re actually permitting outside their downtown core encampments, at least temporarily.”New encampments around Hamilton have been on the rise since the pandemic began. In May and June, the city tore down two large encampments, one not far from the General Hospital at Jackie Washington Rotary Park and another at the former John A.