It's Causes are Many Part II

Mental Illness and Homelessness

Sign at Des Moines Water Works Park warns residents their belongings will be removed in accordance with city code. — Photo credit Tyler Erickson/Little Village

Back in July, I wrote about the proposed city of Des Moines ordinances to ban sleeping in public, designed to target homeless encampments and unhoused individuals in public spaces. Sadly, the ordi…