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City-Sponsored Homeless Camp Slated to Open in September

Cienna Madrid
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Since the bum-vocates claim many of these folks have jobs, we can assume those employed will be charges nominal rent?
on March 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM Report this
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We can also assume it'll be a no smoking camp in line with city policies?
on March 1, 2011 at 1:48 PM Report this
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When that place burned down I had this weird feeling that it was sort of ultra convenient. I figured they'd be getting a settlement out of insurance as well. Definitely cheaper than demolishing it!
Kyleen on March 1, 2011 at 1:57 PM Report this
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Are their belongings really scarce, or are they few?
Fistique on March 1, 2011 at 2:11 PM Report this
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Remember, all the area south of Pioneer Square used to be filled with mudflats and homeless tents during the other Republican-cause Great Depression.

This is a lot better ... so far.

(and 11,000 jobs created in WA this past month - 11,600 private created, 600 public sector ended)
Will in Seattle on March 1, 2011 at 2:32 PM Report this
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Do can I violate city codes to house people in my yard?
on March 1, 2011 at 2:32 PM Report this
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@6 only if you lern Gramma soon.
Will in Seattle on March 1, 2011 at 2:55 PM Report this
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I guess I'm a bum-vocate because I like this attempt to ease a societal problem. If the city can create a dry, safe place to sleep at night, with toilets and a place to clean up, some will transition out and that is a good thing, right? I hope it works out and more sites can be explored.
Jaymz on March 1, 2011 at 3:06 PM Report this
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Transition out? Been to Dignity Village....virtually zero transitioning to housing because, you know, all the 'rules' that come with being a square.

But this place will be out of sight and out of mind. Nickelsville was little more than political theater with the added fun of forcing members to protest or be kicked out. In sodo they're invisible. Expect the hobos to flutter away.
on March 1, 2011 at 3:14 PM Report this
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This place will be organized and run by a City-hired contractor. Hardly out of sight or out of mind.
sarah68 on March 1, 2011 at 4:44 PM Report this
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Damn those republicans!
DocSeattle on March 1, 2011 at 5:29 PM Report this
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This place will be organized and run by a City-hired contractor. Hardly out of sight or out of mind."

Silas Potter got hired back?

Yes, it is out of sight. Nickelsville needs to be somewhere to piss people off. Think Magnolia or Ballard. Down there by the tracks, they'll only be bothering bums in the Jungle.
on March 1, 2011 at 5:34 PM Report this
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Just an idea but in this levy-happy city I'm wondering why no one (that I'm aware of anyway) has ever proposed a levy to fund homeless services. Seems likely it would succeed in uber liberal Seattle and likely drastically increase the pittance that is usually allocated.
Rhizome on March 1, 2011 at 6:03 PM Report this
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A bum levy? I doubt it, we already fund the parks they piss and drink in.
on March 1, 2011 at 6:07 PM Report this
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The legislation says that the city owns five locations that are zoned IG2 within the Duwamish MIC. Sunny Jim site is one. What and where are the other four sites?
on March 1, 2011 at 8:10 PM Report this
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Even a "Fucking Idiot" knows that the very definition of a pilot project is a test or trial that is the precursor to an actual project. A pilot project should have an end date and success targets.

What this Georgetown resident sees in the proposal is "WHEREAS, the City of Seattle owns five different properties that are zoned IG2 and are located
within the Greater Duwamish Manufacturing/Industrial Center that could, under the
proposed Comprehensive Plan and zoning code legislation, be used as transitional
encampment sites..."

This says to me that the real plan is to run a pilot at the Sunny Jim site for 2 years with weak success targets, claim quick victory and then open five homeless camps in the neighborhood as an actual project based on the "success" of the pilot. My questions are:

1) If this approach is so successful, why were homeless camps removed from this very area? Are we not able to learn from history?

2) If the mayor and deputy mayor think this is such a great idea, why aren't there 5 sites being targeted near their neighborhoods?
clint on March 2, 2011 at 10:53 AM Report this

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