Judge: Arrests could result from plan to end homelessness in downtown Atlanta before World Cup

Judge warns Atlanta on homeless crackdown

Homelessness support to be relocated from next week, with current site to close

Support for people experiencing homelessness in the borough will be relocated from next week following a decision to close the current site permanently.

Judge: Arrests could result from plan to end homelessness in downtown Atlanta before World Cup

ATLANTA — A controversial plan to remove homeless people from downtown Atlanta before the 2026 FIFA World Cup could lead to some arrests “solely to make the city look nice,” according to a Fulton County judge. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who co-chairs a justice board that seeks alternatives to incarceration in metro Atlanta, said he’s concerned the city’s plan to end homelessness in downtown and house hundreds of people by next summer …