In March, King County announced its plan to preserve the existing 270-person Salvation Army shelter in SODO with added capacity for 150 additional people.
The current SODO shelter at 1033 Sixth Ave. S operates under a lease that is set to expire in November. The expanded shelter will build 150 beds as part of a micro modular unit expansion, also known as tiny homes, according to the Daily Journal of Commerce .
“I have been living in Chinatown and doing business there for 30 years. I am horrified to learn that the government is going to put together a problematic shelter or campsite very close to Chinatown,” one speaker said. “This was approved back in May, and we’re just hearing about it this month … We are most disappointed in the lack of transparency, lack of outreach, and engagement with the community,” Woo said. “It follows the history of forced policies onto our community, which we had no input in.”
“Our community is struggling. The anti-Asian hate, pandemic racism … we just really need to heal and get over all that past trauma,” Woo said. “And having this project sprung on us without any warning — it feels like a betrayal.”
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