As St. Paul finished clearing out a large homeless camp at Pig’s Eye Park, advocates say lasting housing options matter more than moving people from one camp to another. The City of St. Paul began clearing the encampment at Pig’s Eye Park Wednesday morning. RELATED: St. Paul’s Pig’s Eye Park homeless camp cleared outVolunteers have repeatedly warned the city that without more permanent housing options and services in place, the closure would relocate the problem rather than solve it. RELATED: Shelter providers and Pig’s Eye Park encampment residents are trying to prepare for clearing“The only way to solve that, again, is to look for some sort of permanent supportive housing,” Seeman said on Thursday. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has also asked the city how much it has cost so far to clear the camp at Pig’s Eye Park, and the city had not responded as of publication.