Since April, the gates have been locked against the city and its contractors, and only a few people let in. The case manager’s office has sat empty since Aug. 5, and no one has left the village for permanent housing since at least July.
Now, after an almost seven-month stalemate, the city announced Tuesday it won’t fund the village after December, saying it’s out of compliance with its contract.
— The Seattle Times
In a city-issued press release, Seattle spokesperson Will Lemke writes, “The village will no longer operate after Dec. 31, 2019, and the property will be returned to Seattle City Light.”
City officials, according to The Seattle Times, will help offer “new shelter or housing resources” for anyone displaced by the closure.
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It's a shame on the city's part. There's nothing there they can't resolve by mediating. It looks the city sees the homeless activists as trouble makers and unless they submit to a "church" like in other case they won't have people who want some autonomy for their community and organize themselves for it.
The article paints a picture as if residents are criminals. What would you do if someone from the city comes in the morning and says, "this is the end folks, move out it's over" when all you got is a small roof over your head and a community you are used to? Destabilizing these people once more is no solution.
This country has a fetish for criminalizing behavior it doesn't like and then falling back on the old saw of "law and order".
How do you spell FASCISM?
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