The city council approved the measure six to three and ever since, the decision has gotten some backlash from community members.
“The City recognizes the complexity and impact that homelessness and encampments have on communities. Which is why, our response to homelessness and encampment removals includes investment in community resources including sheltering and food banks, outreach, mental health services and affordable housing development as well as encampment removal and site hardening and reclamation. In 2023-2024, the City is investing over $100 million in homeless services and affordable housing.
“We made it clear that homeless people, it’s not them. They are not criminals. They are not a threat. But any encampments, large encampments, there are health and safety issues that not only impact the people living there, but the people around it,” Hines said. “And that’s no longer there and a lot of those people have moved off the streets and into shelters. Which was the goal of the camping ordinance from the beginning, which is we are providing shelter and we want to move people into that shelter and not live on the streets,” Hines said.
“But it’s a model that can say ‘hey, we want a low barrier entry to get people into a safe spot where we can begin providing some services that can hopefully help escape a cycle of homelessness,’” Myron Bernard with Tacoma Rescue Mission said.“It creates some barriers of distrust. It makes it a little more difficult for us to find, engage, offer services and forces them a little bit off the beam path as well,” Bernard said.
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