Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is backing a moratorium on clearing homeless encampments and called for a review of city policy on caring for the unhoused after a man died during an encampment sweep last week.

Mayor Dickens called for city council “to conduct a complete review of encampment closures, rehousing, and how we care for the unsheltered,” and he also called for a moratorium on all homeless encampment sweeps while the city figures out a plan.

Mayor Andre Dickens is responding to community organizers calling for the city to stop sweeps of homeless encampments after a man died last week.

Advocates for Atlanta's unsheltered population are calling on city officials to reconsider the safety, efficacy and humanity of encampment sweeps after the tragic death of Cornelius Taylor over the Martin Luther King Jr.

Both pieces of legislation will be considered this Tuesday by the city Community Development/Human Services Committee.

Councilmember Liliana Bakhtiari has introduced legislation to put a moratorium on encampment sweeps. It comes after calls for change to how the city handles the unhoused population following the death of Corneilus Taylor.