This 28-year-old homeless man explains to the Jamaica Observer team why he prefers Justice Square in downtown Kingston.Photos: Karl Mclarty
WITH an October edict from local authorities still hanging over the heads of the homeless who have taken refuge at Justice Square on King Street in downtown Kingston, some individuals who frequent the space say plans to attach them to shelters in the area will fail.
In mid-October, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie, backed by Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby, told dozens of homeless individuals that they would no longer be allowed to loiter in those precincts.
But individuals with whom the Jamaica Observer spoke last Friday said that while those pronouncements have sent some of the homeless into hiding, the authorities will reap no success unless they address fundamental issues.
McKenzie, while making it clear in October that there was no intention to use “brute force” against the homeless or “take them anywhere and park them”, said the authorities are forced to take action as some of the homeless individuals have not only littered
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