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A Washington state bill that would create an office to address homeless encampments around state-owned rights of way passed its first committee vote last Wednesday. There are 871 homeless camps documented in Seattle.
The proposed state office would be in charge of working with local governments to house those living in encampments on WSDOT-owned property.
The proposed state office would be in charge of working with local governments to house those living in encampments on WSDOT-owned property.
Gov. Inslee and Mayor Harrell push for a Senate bill designed to move homeless in encampments near right-of-ways into affordable housing.
The Washington State Senate, as requested by Gov. Jay Inslee, proposed a bill on Feb. 2 that would create a subdivision of the Department of Social and Health Services that would focus on ‘intergovernmental coordination to address the cleaning of homeless encampments.