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Clarke: Homes Found for Camp 83 Residents

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Mary Pat Clarke supports the mayor's proposal to increase the bottle tax and voted in favor of the initial 2-cent tax. She stood next to the mayor at the press conference announcing the effort to increase the bottle tax on Monday. On Thursday she told Patch that she understands some businesses feel this puts them at a competitive disadvantage to stores in surrounding jurisdictions, but said the sacrifice is needed if the city is to pay for the $2 billion in school construction and rehabilitation needed.

Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said all of the homeless people living in what was dubbed Camp 83 have roofs over their heads.

Clarke said Thursday night that all of the "camp" residents now have housing vouchers, or found a place to stay, many of them in North Baltimore after a local woman volunteered to let them stay at properties she owns.

The camp of homeless people living under Interstate 83 was set to be evicted Friday because Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s administration claimed it had become rife with drug and alcohol use.

Clarke held a hearing at City Hall on Thursday regarding the plight of these homeless people.

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