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City to clean up Wheeler homeless camp Friday morning

Crews will focus on the area under Highway 59 from Caroline Street to Almeda Road beginning at 8 a.m. Friday.

Mayor Sylvester Turner says the homeless camp near Wheeler under Highway 59 has become a public health hazard and is sending cleanup crews to the site Friday morning.

Crews will focus on the area under Highway 59 from Caroline Street to Almeda Road beginning at 8 a.m. Friday.

Residents who live nearby in the Museum District have complained about human waste and garbage.

Mayor Turner says no one is being punished for being homeless, but he can’t allow conditions they could make people sick.

The Houston Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team will offer housing, social services and mental care.

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