5 weeks after eviction, Burlington homeless encampment still occupied
“‘There is a presence here more than the city is capable of understanding,’ said Gray Barreda, a resident of the camp.
Despite the city’s eviction order, new structures are popping up, food is still being delivered, and the heat is on. ‘There’s building, there’s insulating and people getting ready for winter,’ Barreda said. He says there are still up to 10 people living there compared to the several dozen earlier in the summer and that he is still in touch with the people who left after being offered hotel rooms.
‘They are still trying to recover and grieve their loss of sanctuary,’ Barreda said.”