Officials continue to clash over homeless encampments in Norristown, Pennsylvania, after recent comments from the borough's council president sparked controversy. He spoke with deannadurante ahead of a council meeting Tuesday evening:
In his statement, Lepera referenced Stephanie Sena, an anti-homelessness advocate and anti-poverty fellow at Villanova’s Charles Widger School of Law, who has been working on behalf of an estimated 160 people experiencing homelessness in Norristown. She also runs a homeless shelter in Upper Darby. “He has made policy choices to ensure that people will end up homeless. And he doesn’t just want homeless people out. He wants poor people out,” Sena told NBC10 on Tuesday.
“It’s a very frustrating matter for the city council, my colleagues on city council, and for the residents of Norristown to see this problem grow,” Lepera told NBC10. “All I’m asking is for everybody to come to the table, all 62 townships, municipalities and boroughs to come to the table, and take on their fair share of the problem because we’re sick and tired and my residents are overburdened by taxes and all I want to do is help them,” Lepera said.
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