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City council members voted 9 to 4 to approve the ordinance, allowing unhoused people to sleep in their cars in designated lots
In a 9-to-4 vote, Minneapolis City Council members voted to approve a new approach to fighting homelessness.
They gave the green light to a Safe Parking ordinance, allowing churches and nonprofits to apply for a license designating their parking lots as safe havens for unhoused people to sleep in their cars.
City council members in favor of the ordinance at Thursday's meeting argued it would cut down on temporary homelessness.
Ward 8 city council member Soren Stevenson specifically cited domestic violence and young transgender adults fleeing unsafe situations.
"This is one step for us to say that Minneapolis is a refuge," Stevens...
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