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Tent City Supporters Look for a New Home; Champaign's Not So Sure

Story air date: Monday, July 27, 2009

Tents fill the back yard of Champaign's Catholic Worker House each evening

The Safe Haven Tent Community will leave the back yard of the St. Jude Catholic Worker House by the end of July. But Safe Haven and its supporters hope to convince Champaign city officials that semi-permanent housing is better than no housing at all --- and that they should be allowed to stay somewhere in the city. AM 580’s Jim Meadows reports.

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