We are reporters at ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization. We write stories that hold powerful institutions accountable. Recently, we investigated what happens when local agencies take belongings from people experiencing homelessness during encampment removals, commonly called sweeps.
If you have information or tips you’d like to share, please use our form below. We’re especially interested in hearing from workers who have done encampment removals. We’d also like to know about whether your city has changed policies or if its interactions with homeless people have changed following a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Filling out the form below will help us get back to you quickly. But we know filling out forms isn’t for everyone. We want to make it as easy as possible for you to get in touch. You can also reach us by:
- Texting or calling us at 212-379-5767 (please share your name and the best way to get in touch with you).
- Emailing us at [email protected]. (You can find a public library near you to access the internet and send us an email.)
What we’ll do with your story: We appreciate you sharing and we take your privacy seriously. We ask for details to help us make our reporting as accurate and fair as possible. We will contact you if we wish to publish any part of your story.
Our stories will be published on our website, which is free to read, and may appear in other publications. We will send you updates as we publish if you’d like.
We are also working on multiple projects related to homelessness with local newsrooms. If you have any experiences with the following subjects, please get in touch.
- In New York, we’re partnering with New York Focus to investigate hotels and motels used to house people who are homeless. You can get in touch with reporter Spencer Norris.
- In Maine, we’re partnering with the Bangor Daily News to report on evictions, especially those from public housing authorities. You can get in touch with reporter Sawyer Loftus.
- In Oregon, we’re partnering with Street Roots to investigate Portland’s spending related to homelessness. If you have insights, contact reporter K Rambo at [email protected].
