Downtown Cincinnati homeless camp to be cleared out by week's end

A homeless camp near Third and Plum streets that city officials say has become a health and safety hazard should be cleaned up by week's end. It's the beginning of a long-term process to help the people living there get into permanent housing, Acting City Manager Patrick Duhaney said in a memo released Monday morning. The camp, located underneath a ramp to Fort Washington Way, has frustrated neighbors in the past few weeks. They say it's led to public sex, urination, drug use and other problems.