Mayor Wilson Doubles Down on Housing First, Ignores the Service Resistant
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Repeating Mistakes
During Tuesday’s State of the City address, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson will say she is building more affordable housing to address the city’s homeless crisis. But she’s doubling down on the same “Housing First” policies that have failed this region for more than a decade and it won’t work.
Not until she figures out how to deal with the “service resistant” class of people living on the streets.
These are the men and women who are heavily addicted to drugs and refuse all shelter and treatment services currently available.
Just drive down Rainier Ave S and you will find them everywhere. All the encampment sweeps under her watch have forced many people to move to this part of the city.
Wilson is simply repeating the same mistakes made by former Mayor Bruce Harrell. It’s way past time for an intervention.