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What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps

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Halifax , Canada , has taken a different approach to dealing with homelessness.

Nine designated encampment sites have been approved by the city as a temporary solution.

The sites were approved this summer as temporary, but some argue necessary, solution.

It's in stark contrast to other North American cities where police officers forcibly remove homeless encampments.

Halifax 's policy is both provisional and divisive.

It was a focal point of the city's October mayoral election, where the winner promised to end the expansion of designated encampments and to remove unlawful ones.

Proponents of designated sites say they prevent criminalisation of people who are homeless and allow the city to concentrate its outreach services.

But many say they themselves didn't always feel safe at the sites.

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