Residents in Mechanicsville questions about land for homeless [Video]

Residents in Atlanta’s Mechanicsville community raised concerns about whether the site, which is now home to an encampment filled with dozens of people, will become housing for those who are unhoused.

“We’re working with human beings who are in really challenging situations,” Partners for Home CEO Cathryn Vassell said. 

Vassell added supportive housing is one step toward a solution. 

“(Housing) would ultimately eradicate a lot of the problems that are stemming from encampments like crime and trash and public health issues,” she explained. 

Vassell said she’s been visiting the site for about a year now. 

“It used to be smaller, and we have housed 63 people from this location, which has created a little bit of a magnet effect where individuals say, ‘Hey, …