The only thing that's really changed is that Seattle will hire consultants to do a charrette on the fence, homelessness will be more visible than ever, and the entire operation will cost an extra $1,000,000 for the consultant fees, the temporary outreach workers, and the extra sweeps needed to keep these folks moving along once they hit the streets, on top of the $1,000,000 already budgeted to build the Reuven Carlyle-Ed Murray Memorial Chainlink and Razor Wire Fence. Hopefully someone with an actual heart and and some brain cells in gear will run against Ed Murray next time.
One need only to look at the history of Seattle's results to permanently remove camp sites from other areas, and from the Jungle itself in past years, to know that this new initiative, and particularly the goal to keep it empty, will be a big challenge to achieve ...
Does the city understand why their shelters aren't useful to some people? What is their plan for that?
Are they seriously committing to this without having an actual plan for keeping people from moving back in afterwards? This is just rousting people in circles. Look, the standard for doing something useful would be that you don't need to keep people from moving back into the Jungle, because they have some option better than living in the Jungle.
So that money will be used to get them people out of the jungle but not put them into anything wow no wonder Seattle is screwed up I was wondering what we're doing with the money heaven forbid we build new shelters or low income housing with the money
@16. You're assuming the people living in the Jungle have any interest in shelters/housing that has rules/oversight. From what I've read in various outlets is that the draw of the Jungle is personal autonomy and freedom.
how come Union Gospel Mission gets this plum assignment?
what a shit show this is going to be.
Preferably electric with razor wire and no gates and a dead man's zone filled with hungry Rottweiler's that had shitty puppyhoods.
Call it "Containment."
Are they seriously committing to this without having an actual plan for keeping people from moving back in afterwards? This is just rousting people in circles. Look, the standard for doing something useful would be that you don't need to keep people from moving back into the Jungle, because they have some option better than living in the Jungle.