City plans to clear encampment between South Lake Union and Seattle Center

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City plans to clear encampment between South Lake Union and Seattle Center
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City officials say they plan to do outreach and remove a growing tent encampment from a sidewalk that connects South Lake Union to Seattle Center.

A photo of a growing Seattle homeless encampment that starts from a sidewalk that connects the South Lake Union neighborhood to the Seattle Center.

Tim said he’s spent the last three years in different encampments around South Lake Union and has had difficulty jumping through the hoops of getting into housing.“We tried, we did assessments with coordinated entry, we had phones, we lost phones, we just could not get it done,” he said. While city outreach teams engage with people in the camp, and members of the group ‘We Heart Seattle’ stopped by on Wednesday to share information about low-barrier employment options.

“It should not take weeks or months to connect people to services like hoteling, sanctioned camps, or tiny homes,” she said.

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