About 30 people have returned to the spot that was cleared 10 days ago.
TACOMA, Wash. — People are back at the site of a homeless encampment in Tacoma that was cleared 10 days ago.
The camp is under Interstate 705 in downtown Tacoma. City officials had it shut down due to public safety concerns following several fires there. Tacoma officials said during the shutdown, outreach workers made contact with 51 people. Eight were placed into shelters. Since then, about 30 people have returned to the spot to live. On Monday, outreach workers, including Saydey Spears, met with people at the camp.“Somebody walked alongside me because I didn’t just get clean, and I just didn’t get housed because that was a thing to do. I did that because somebody was like, ‘hey, here’s a different path,’” right? And I chose that,” said Spears.Theresa Power-Drutis is the co-executive director of New Connections.
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