Everett pallet shelter plan moves forward, with key caveat
EVERETT — The Everett City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to advance a pilot project that would house 20 to 30 people within a village of temporary, miniature dwellings coined “pallet shelters.”
But the council made a caveat with its approval.
The community, now proposed for a vacant lot behind the Everett Gospel Mission’s Smith Avenue shelter, will only be established there if the city also passes a new law prohibiting homeless people from sitting or lying on the streets, sidewalks and other public spaces surrounding the site.
Councilman Scott Bader, who suggested making the project contingent upon a “no-sit, no-lie” ordinance for the surrounding area, said the measure is intended to protect neighboring businesses and residents.
The stretch of Smith Avenue near the shelter, by I-5, has long had a visible presence of people who are homeless.
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A prisoner could only lie down at night for eight hours. Sitting and/or lying down was prohibited any time through the rest of the day.
We are making our cities into these prisons.
Our society is sick...perverted...cruel...sadistic...ugly...
We fight raising minimum wage.
We fight universal healthcare.
We criminalize begging.
We criminalize living in vehicles
We criminalize feeding the homeless.
We invest in this (below) rather than a place to sit or sleep:
on edit: Javert was a cautionary figure, not a role model.