MNDOT Homeless Barriers
May 2025 — Concrete barriers setup in the grass on S 9th Street in Minneapolis by MNDOT. The barriers are to prevent camping.
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May 2025 — Concrete barriers setup in the grass on S 9th Street in Minneapolis by MNDOT. The barriers are to prevent camping.
September 2024 — Layers of fencing up around the sidewalk on E 31st Street in Minneapolis. Fencing went up in stages after people pitches tents under the bridge.
June 2024 — Concrete barricades in the grass in South Minneapolis. Officials began filling empty lots that encampments previously occupied with rubble from the city. Concrete chunks and street poles have been used in other locations.
February 2024 — City rubble placed in an empty lot on 14th Avenue South in Minneapolis. The lot was the site of an encampment in the summer of 2022. In recent months, the city has begun filling these lots with rubble to prevent encampments from forming again.
August 2023 — The Salvation Army, Harbor Light Multi-Service Center in downtown Minneapolis. The center provides hundreds of meals each day and housing for those in need.
October 2022 — Protesters holding space at City Hall. They say they demand "a complete moratorium on the clearing of encampments, clear guidelines regarding the encampments and proof of funding for more permanent housing for unhoused residents and people in need"
October 2022 — Protesters holding space at City Hall. They say they demand "a complete moratorium on the clearing of encampments, clear guidelines regarding the encampments and proof of funding for more permanent housing for unhoused residents and people in need"
October 2022 — Protesters holding space at City Hall. They say they demand "a complete moratorium on the clearing of encampments, clear guidelines regarding the encampments and proof of funding for more permanent housing for unhoused residents and people in need"
October 2022 — Protesters holding space at City Hall. They say they demand "a complete moratorium on the clearing of encampments, clear guidelines regarding the encampments and proof of funding for more permanent housing for unhoused residents and people in need"
October 2022 — Protesters holding space at City Hall. They say they demand "a complete moratorium on the clearing of encampments, clear guidelines regarding the encampments and proof of funding for more permanent housing for unhoused residents and people in need"
October 2022 — Protesters holding space at Minneapolis City Hall. They say they demand "a complete moratorium on the clearing of encampments, clear guidelines regarding the encampments and proof of funding for more permanent housing for unhoused residents and people in need”.
September 2022 — 2 years ago the city closed a large part of the Little Earth Trail after tents returned to the Wall of Forgotten Natives, where homeless gathered in 2018. With the fencing, the city also made it a graveyard of old metal street poles and concrete barricades. It's still closed off.
June 2022 — Large boulders placed to prevent homeless from camping outside a long vacant Supervalu store in South Minneapolis.
April 2022 — A flyer reading "Sweeps are police brutality" "We support and defend our neighbors in tents" found in South Minneapolis.
April 2022 — A flyer seen on a street sign that reads "Together we can block encampment evictions" "Protest your neighbors".
October 2021 — "I support my neighbors in tents. No encampment evictions" yard sign on Minnehaha Avenue.
May 2021 — Street poles placed in the grass at the site of a former homeless Encampment in Minneapolis.
May 2021 — Metro Transit Police officers have been authorized by the property or business to arrest people violating MN State statute 609.740 Public Nuisance or Minneapolis Ordinance 427.30 (Obstructions, Encroachments & Littering generally). CAMPING IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS AREA. PLEASE REMOVE ALL PERSONAL BELONGINGS; TENTS, CLOTHING, TRASH, REFUSE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, BEDDING AND DEBRIS IMMEDIATELY. METRO TRANSIT WILL REMOVE ALL REMAINING ITEMS.
March 2021 — Minneapolis Police arrive to a crowd of camp protectors who were waiting after the City of Minneapolis had said they would clear the homeless encampment.
December 2020 — New signs on the greenway that replaced homeless encampment safety notices. The people living along the greenway were evicted on December 17th and 18th.
December 2020 — Minneapolis Park Police park near the location of an encampment that was cleared earlier in the day.
November 2020 — Protesters outside Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s home in Northeast Minneapolis. The protesters are demanding the mayor do something about housing issues in the city with homelessness at record levels. A couple eating dinner on a patio across the street.
November 2020 — Protesters march to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s home in Northeast Minneapolis to service an “Eviction Notice”.
November 2020 — Protester outside Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s home holds up a sign that reads “Your time is up! Bye, Bye Mayor Frey. Evicted”. Protesters demanding the mayor do something about homelessness in the city.
November 2020 — Two men wearing "Make America Great Again" hats disrupt a housing protest outside Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s home.
November 2020 — Protesters march from Holmes Park to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s home to demand he do something to address the city's all time high homelessness.
September 2020 — Do Good Guys Use Bulldozers? written on a concrete barricade outside the jail in downtown Minneapolis.
August 2020 — Notice about encampments and COVID-19 posted on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis seen on August 10, 2020.
July 2020 — Minneapolis park police bulldoze over tents left behind after clearing an encampment at Powderhorn Park in July 2020.
July 2020 — Minneapolis Park police remove the homeless from their tents at Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis on July 20th, 2020.
July 2020 — Minneapolis Park police remove the homeless from their tents at Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis on July 20th, 2020.
July 2020 — Minneapolis Park police remove the homeless from their tents at Powderhorn Park in South Minneapolis on July 20th, 2020.
June 2020 — A large encampment formed at Powderhorn Park with many of those moving here from “The Sanctuary” at the Sheraton Hotel after being evicted.
June 2020 — Inside the Midtown Sheraton which was at one point used to house homeless folks. The homeless moved out and it was taken over by anyone who wanted to come in.
June 2020 — Inside the Sheraton Hotel on June 12, 2020. The hotel was used by as a shelter for the homeless before being taken over.
June 2020 — Former Sheraton Hotel in Midtown Minneapolis. The hotel was used as a shelter for the houseless in the days of unrest following the May 25th, 2020 murder of George Floyd.