Mike Kradenych, has been living under the Kennedy Expressway on Belmont Avenue for over four years. He recalls that when he first moved to the viaduct, the city would discard his possessions and those belonging to his homeless neighbors. But the group found lawyers who helped them fight the city. Kradenych, who struggles with addiction, says people often treat him with disdain. “People spit at me,” he said. “You start feeling like an animal. You don’t feel like a human being.”