THAT IS OUT TO CHANGE THAT.
A HOUSING CRISIS HAS TURNED
INTO A VERY VISIBLE PROBLEM.
A GROUP OF TENSE FIRST
SHOWED UP ABOUT A MONTH AGO
NEAR FRANKLIN AVENUE.
HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TODAY.
THERE ARE ABOUT 150 SERVING AS
TEMPORARY HOMES.
IT IS ABOUT DOUBLE THE SIZE IT
WAS FOUR WEEKS AGO.
TODAY THE CITY COORDINATOR
SHOWED -- SHARED SOME SHORT-
TERM AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS.
REPORTER: CITY LEADERS CALL IT
THE FRANKLIN ENCAMPMENT.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE
CALL IT A WALL UPPER GOD
NATIVES.
TODAY WE ARE CLAIMING OUR
LAND.
REPORTER: THE GROUP IS
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE TENTS ASSISTING
WITH MEDICAL NEEDS, DISTURBING
FOOD AND WATER IN TRYING TO
PROVIDE SECURITY.
WE PUSH OUT THE DOPE DEALERS
AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE DON'T WANT THEM HERE.
WE CAN'T STOP WHAT YOU DO, TAKE
IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
REPORTER: DRUG ADDICTIONS ARE
NOT THE ONLY PROBLEMS, THERE
ARE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
PEOPLE NEED HELP.
THEY ARE PATIENTLY WAITING.
REPORTER: THE 20 SIX-YEAR-OLD
DIED SATURDAY AFTER SHE HAD AN
ASTHMA ATTACK.
HER COUSIN TOLD US SHE DIDN'T
HAVE AN INHALER.
SHE LIVED HERE AND SHE WAS
ALWAYS BATTLING ASTHMA.
WE HAVE TO HELP HER A COUPLE
TIMES.
I GAVE HER MY PERSONAL INHALER.
REPORTER: KAREN IS LIVING IN
ONE OF THE TENTS.
IS A SAFE OUT HERE?
I THINK IT IS SAFER THAN BEING
ON YOUR OWN, BEING SOMEWHERE
WHERE YOU WOULD BE MORE
VULNERABLE TO ALL KINDS OF
PEOPLE.
THIS IS A HUGE COMMUNITY.
REPORTER: THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
IS WORKING WITH THE CITY TO
FIND SOLUTIONS.
IT IS A VISIBLE LOOK AT SOME
OF OUR SYSTEMIC FAILURES.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THOSE IN A COORDINATED
WAY. THIS BRINGS URGENCY TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
THE CITY COORDINATOR
RECOMMENDS A PLACE WHERE SO-
CALLED NAVIGATION CENTER TO BE
