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Tent City 4 is a homeless encampment of up to 100 persons operated by homeless residents and sponsored by 501(c)(3) organizations Seattle Housing and Resources Effort (SHARE) and Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL).
Seattle: Broadview Thomas School encampment, [29] CHAZ, The Jungle, Nickelsville, [30] Tent City 3 and Tent City 4; Spokane, Washington: Camp Hope is located on Washington State Department of Transportation property adjacent to Interstate 90. With a population of over 600, it the largest homeless encampment on state land in Washington. [31] [32]
Based on the consent decree, Tent City 3 was created and rotates around the Metro Seattle Core. Tent City 4 was created in May 2004 as an attempt to expand beyond the consent decree and use public land and resources, something the consent decree does not allow. This attempt was unsuccessful, and Tent City 4 has since been relocated to eastern ...
On May 17, 2016, the city of Seattle and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced plans to permanently clear out The Jungle, with the estimated 300 remaining people living there to be resettled by the Union Gospel Mission. WSDOT also cleared debris from the freeway's underside and improved road access, while the city ...
Share/Wheel and the City of Seattle settled out of court with a consent decree [49] [50] after a Superior Court judge warned the City that it would lose the case. Tent City 3 moves from location to location every 60–90 days. Tent City 4 split from Tent City 3 and shifts from place to place on the East side of Lake Washington. Tent cities ...
The Jungle is situated on the steep western slope of Beacon Hill near the south-end of Downtown Seattle, called the East Duwamish Greenbelt., [1] [2] Bound by Interstate 5 to the west and Interstate 90 to the north, the city and state departments of transportation manage most of the land.
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One exceptional Hooverville of Seattle, Washington held a structured government and collected extensive documentation. This Hooverville had its very own unofficial “mayor,” Jesse Jackson. The city of Seattle tolerated the unemployed living situation and imposed loose building and sanitation rules.