Dive Brief:

• A group of homeless people have filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to stop their eviction from a landfill in Albany, California.
• The Albany City Council had voted on October 23 to evict the group from the site and decided to accommodate them by setting up temporary shelters.
• The city expects to evict the group and open the shelters by next week, while the lawyer for the group plans to request a restraining order to stop the eviction proceedings.

Dive Insight:

The suit was filed by 10 people and a nonprofit organization, Albany Housing Advocates, who say 60 people are involved and many can't stay at shelters due to their disabilities. The city is set to spend $30,000 for showers and $35,000 in rent costs. Some of the people have lived at the landfill for years.