Could A Homeless Encampment Response From 2018 Work Now?

CBS Minnesota

September 18, 2025

In the coldest month of 2018, a massive encampment with children in tents shocked the system.

Hundreds of people including young children called the Franklin-Hiawatha homeless encampment home. It was called the Wall of Forgotten Natives.

Officials quickly built a temporary navigation center to bring people inside. That was seven years ago.

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