The report, prepared for an environmental group, comes as National Grid begins a series of public meetings about its strategy for meeting what it says will be significant growth in natural-gas demand.
Critics say sending teams of cops, sanitation workers and outreach personnel to roust people from their makeshift homes is punishing victims rather than addressing the homelessness problem.
A City Council hearing discussed alleged abuses committed by immigration officers against detained people who are hospitalized in the city.
