TENT CITY COURT UPDATE: FROM OCEAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE By Calvin Schwartz March 15, 2013

with tent city Minister Steve Brigham outside courthouse today

I’m rushing to get this story out: I was privileged to be granted press credentials for today’s court hearing which affects the lives of 80 homeless humans living in Tent City in Lakewood, New Jersey. This has been a battle for the past 12 years between the city of Lakewood and Ocean County versus the homeless living in tents. One issue is the county has no homeless shelters; so where do these humans live? What’s this I hear that Monmouth County got $2.6 million out of Hurricane Sandy relief funds to be used for homeless issues? Ocean County got $260,000. Lakewood wants Tent City bulldozed and the people evicted. The judge contends homeless must be provided for before that can happen.

A packed court room waited nearly 90 minutes while attorneys for the city and county and amazing attorney for the homeless, Jeff Wild hammered out some of the differences between both sides in Judge Joseph Foster’s chamber,

Both sides go back on May 3^rd to ratify and work out final agreement. Tent City can’t accept any more people; a census will be taken. When all 80 humans are provided decent shelter for at least a year then the land goes back to Lakewood and Tent City is no more. But Minister Steven Brigham is equally concerned with long term issues of the homeless in Ocean County. Please Google Destiny’s Bridge for the dream of homeless dignity.

A meeting is being held as we speak with the residents of Tent City. They ultimately must ratify the agreement.

3 comments

#1Alex LibmanAugust 25, 2013, 6:24 pm

To learn more about our Tent City, please visit http://TentCityNJ.org or http://FB.com/TentCityNJ

#2Frank from NJApril 6, 2013, 8:37 pm

What these people need are jobs that pay a living wage. Trillions spent on wars but no money for the poor and homeless. Usury has brought the world to the brink. That’s the real problem. Our government could lend money to all Americans interest free to build homes, buy cars ETC but they don’t because we are under the power of the usurers. Since the Hittites and before the Jews everyone knew that interest on loans leads to poverty and ruin. Stop usury and end the Fed now. Let our congress be our banker and lend money at no interest to get America going. It is as easy as that. We must overcome the money power elite first. No one banker is ever sent to jail even when they get caught cheating and laundering drug money. Only a fine is given.

#3RoCoMarch 15, 2013, 11:13 pm

Great job, Cal. Sounds like an outcome TC can live with…so far.
Rosemary

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