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Jacob Frey: “We offer shelter, we often offer housing. But no, you're not…”

Featuring: Jacob Frey, Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Mayor of Minneapolis | Minnesota

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Jovonta Patton Podcast with Mayor Jacob Frey (Special Episode)

Published | Video Starts at 12:25

You tell us what you need and we want to help. Yeah. Then we go out there again and we keep asking, hey, what can we do to help? We offer shelter, we often offer housing. But no, you're not able to have just a large scale homeless encampment. Why people ask me, it ain't safe. It is not. It is not safe. And we just need to be honest about this. Well, that feels so Mayor. (12:25–12:34)

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Asserts that the city offers shelter and housing but does not allow large-scale homeless encampments.

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