Drug Addiction and Destruction on DESC’s Doorstep

A Destructive Ecosystem

The Downtown Emergency Service Center cancer is spreading across Seattle.

This latest incident at DESC’s Hobson Place perfectly encompasses what’s wrong with Housing First policies and permanent supportive housing.

There is an elderly woman who has to share a floor with fentanyl dealers and drug addicts. Why is this vulnerable woman living in a place like this? Was this the only option for her in the final years of her life?

What responsibility does taxpayer funded DESC have in keeping senior citizens safe in their facilities? I could go on and on.

Then right in front of Hobson Place, people are smoking fentanyl and partying on the sidewalk.

Down the block, there is another massive tent encampment where DESC residents buy and sell drugs.

The homeless industrial complex has created an eco-system of crime, chaos, and death wherever it goes.

This is why the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is in the process of defunding these hell holes. The city, county, and state should follow suit.