
LETTER Re: Woonsocket City Council Anti-Encampment Ordinance
This letter was sent to the Woonsocket City Council from the ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Housing Advocacy Project, expressing our deep concern and distress over a proposed anti-encampment ordiance. The proposed ordinance would impose a $250 fine on second offenders; provide for the destruction of an individual’s personal property after 72 hours after police attempt to notify individuals; and the impoundment of personal property, which assumably requires individuals who already have extremely limited resources to pay a fee to regain their possessions.
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