Angela Cornett loved living in the brick house her grandfather once owned, nestled against a steep hill near Troublesome Creek, but it was badly damaged by flooding in Eastern Kentucky last month.

ELKHART — Squatters in Elkhart will have to find a new home by Thursday. For the past three months, the city has been working to resolve problems with homeless people living in tents on city property.

Each tent has a gas stove, which is hooded for protection against wind and rain, and sometimes the tent homes have sewer connections. They are leased for ten weeks, and they who jump leases of their ...