Amid Protests & Pandemic, 200+ Unhoused People Sheltering in Minneapolis Hotel Now Face Eviction
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#54G88)
We go to Minneapolis, where the community has taken over a Sheraton hotel to provide shelter to more than 200 unhoused people amid protests and the pandemic. Now they face eviction. Using hotels for emergency housing is an obvious answer," says Rosemary Fister, community organizer. They are largely vacant as we enter an economic depression in the midst of a global pandemic."