Encampments growing near homes spark tension in London, Ont.

London homeless encampments may be coming closer to homes, CTV's Bryan Bicknell has more from neighbours and those living rough.

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[SandraPriebe-bp]

Notice these encampments are never in mayors and councillors neighborhoods?

[NeilRamsay-qz]

Maybe do a story on foreign ownership of properties sitting empty in the city. And how rents have been driven up so no one can afford to live.

[AbuAli-nwvp]

release all council men addresses and invite the homeless to stay in their homes 25 apart

[FudgethePudge]

Forced treatment or forced labour, you shouldn’t be able to just set up camp on tax payer land

[whitetornado]

3 000 000 000 non-residence in Canada right now at this moment.

[adriandelaat]

Why would the city do this, NO stop the nonsense

[dantrousers]

Was there homeless encampments before they added 500, 000 multinationals to the population?

[susanelezebeth]

Why do you have to deliver services to them? If they need help they will come get it. Like the fella said he gets free bags of food so he stays there. There's no reason to move them closer to people's homes they already lost safe use of the park.

[theoffspring]

I live in a rural area of New Brunswick and there is an encampment off the walking trail nearby. They are breaking into people's housing and stealing property.

[leschnoothegreat]

I wonder if those city bureaucrats will feel the same way if homeless camps moved to the same distance to their homes !

[scarecrow]

We have homeless encampments in Central Huron, which is at least forty-five minutes from any type of shelter, in a town of 2, 500, with no resources for them...please, tell me again how bad it is to have them in the city, where they have resources. Ugh!

[greggreg]

Taxpayers make everything possible in cities and towns, but yet nobody protects them😢 quit babying

[juliemcnally]

Unbelievable. Tax payers concerns or safety dont seem to matter

[paul]

2 hands 2 legs work , stop the mad ness

[marknagle-viog]

Welcome to Canada a freeloading paradise

[debpepers]

There’s plenty of empty buildings in London.The city needs to do something….. winter is coming.

[cynthiadownie]

Sure, rhen the city should lower the taxes of the home owners affected....

[TheGruntski]

Is London city council going to follow Vancouver's lead and put up free opioid dispensing machines?

[daysgone]

"It's very scary"
For who? The person living in a tent or the person living in a house?

[davegravitt]

Quit feeding them and many won't stay!!! Unfortunately it's an option!