The Burien City Council is holding a regular meeting Monday, June 12, weeks after an encampment was shuffled around the city and ended up at a city park.
Neighbors said they want to see a more permanent housing solution from the city, and Burien resident Quela Bruch said moving them off the properties doesn’t help.
“We need to treat them with dignity, shuffling them around like they are pests as if they aren’t worthy of living anywhere, I think is not the right way to go,” Bruch said. There’s been an ongoing dispute among city leaders, neighbors, and the county about how and where to find these people housing. Anne Martens, the representative for the King County Regional Homeless Authority, said shelters in the area are at capacity, but they continue to work with the city.
“South King County has very few shelter options — to create more places for people to shelter or live would require additional investment in infrastructure in that part of King County,” Martens said. “Burien has two emergency shelters, one for families and one for women only, and I believe they are at capacity. Des Moines has an emergency shelter that serves men and women, but it is by referral only and not drop-in and is at capacity.
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