King County Council Member Reagan Dunn is calling for a “tough love” approach in a pilot project to remove a homeless encampment in King County, and its residents placed into housing, mental, alcohol or drug treatment if necessary. FOX13
It sits on land owned by the King County Department of Transportation, therefore it’s the county and its staff who are responsible for what happens on that land.Deborah Tucker is disabled and lives closer to the road and said she’s had to live in the camp because her rent doubled, and she can’t afford it.
"So I’ve basally been out here for 100 days, it’s not pleasant," said the 65-year-old. "It’s the first time I've ever been homeless, its life-threatening." Despite the county spending tens of millions of dollars a month on behavioral services and housing for those living unsheltered, it’s not equipped to removal encampments and provide outreach service like the City of Seattle’s homelessness response system.FOX 13 News speaks with a couple heartbroken hearing about the dissolution of the Snohomish County Sheriffs Office homeless outreach unit, because they say this program helped save their lives.
Dunn said King County has a policy of not clearing homeless encampments on county property and has no procedures in place for doing so. He presented legislation for the camp to be removed, and its residents be provided outreach services. "Because if we can't do it on one parcel of property, how can we do it on a countywide scale in one of the nation’s largest counties?" said Dunn.
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