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Provo’s homeless organize, pack City Council meetings to demand help

In Utah’s “Happy Valley,” camping is illegal and no homeless shelters exist. “We have to stay on the go a lot,” one unhoused man said.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen hugs a man who identified himself only as "Chuck" after he spoke about homelessness at the Provo City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. The unhoused have packed into the City Council’s chambers recently to decry a lack of resources and shelter, six years after the city banned camping.