Castillo and several of the speakers at Tuesday’s council meeting noted Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines dealing with homeless camps. According to the CDC, if individual housing options are not available, people who are living unsheltered or in encampments should be allowed to remain where they are. The CDC says clearing encampments can cause people to disperse throughout the community and break connections with service providers, increasing the potential for infectious disease spread. “Leaving our unsheltered citizens the choice between going into a crowded shelter or having to be out somewhere else, not by resources and in the freezing a cold, is … not a great decision for them,” said Ogden resident Kevin Lundell.
