Encampment Full of Service-Resistant People Overtakes Seattle’s Seven Hills Park
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It’s Not About Housing
Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is turning into another human dumping ground. Seven Hills Park is covered with more than a dozen tents. Lots of couples in their 20’s with dogs running wild.
We Heart Seattle’s Andrea Suarez is doing outreach this weekend but says this is the “service resistant” crowd. People are turning down services from the city and nothing is being done about it.
Don’t believe the homeless industrial complex when they say all these people just need housing. One guy here has a tiny house but comes back to pitch a tent to hang out with his homies. Another fella can go home but has to address his drug addiction.
Once again, the root causes fueling the street crisis are mental illness, drug addiction, and broken relationships.
Btw, just in the past five years I have watched the city clear this park numerous times. But the Harrell administration is struggling to prevent sites from re-populating across the city.