'We did not know about it, and we do not support it,' the KC_RHA said in response to Wednesday's sweep of a homeless camp outside Seattle City Hall.
arrived in the area, turning away Seattle Parks workers and remaining there for weeks.
Despite the subsequent outreach made after the failed initial attempt to clear the encampment, activists and local leaders alike have spoken out against the sweep in the ensuing 24 hours. That included the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, which told MyNorthwest that it “did not know about it” ahead of time, and “do not support it.”
A lack of available space has posed issues for offers of shelter for years now, too. While Seattle City Council approved funding for over 1,600 new non-congregate shelter units in 2021, but as Councilmember Andrew Lewis, “few of those funded shelter resources have been realized,” with efforts curtailed by a series of “bureaucratic bottlenecks” related to land use regulations, “NIMBY opposition,” and limited capacity from providers.
“The reality is that we as a whole city need to be better at acknowledging the humanity of our unhoused neighbors,” she saidThe city’s own justification for clearing the camp relates to a push from the mayor’s office to remove obstructions from sidewalks, pointing to a need to keep public rights of way clear for pedestrians.
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