Now those at Tent city 4 – are required to have presented Identification and go through warrant check and sex offender check before being admitted into the Eastside tent city (possibly making it safer not only for the community but also for the homeless people staying at the tent city itself) – while those at Tent city 3 do not ( this location is closer to downtown and makes it easier for those here to look for work downtown) – but if you have some work that needs to be done – why not give someone who could really use the money do the work for you?

The number for Tent City 3 is 206-399-0412
The number for Tent City 4 is 206-618-3901

People become homeless for a variety of reasons.

In this economy some are simply homeless because they have lost their jobs and their unemployment has run out. Or they were only working part time and lost their jobs and now have no job and no unemployment in one of the worst economies in decades.

Some at the tent cities do have felonies and some do have prior drug problems – but don't such people deserve a chance to rebuild too?

I do not agree with Share's forced protest that it is inflicting on the city and on the tent city and internal shelter Share homeless it claims to help – but you know – please don't let your opinions of Share's recent Direct Action entirely cloud the way you see the homeless in Seattle.

Sure some at Tent City have used it so they do not have to work whether for a few months or years – but I assure you there are some very beautiful souls there just working to try to get a job and some kind of affordible housing.

Ask yourself please what if you were living paycheck to paycheck and maybe having bad credit and suddenly lost your job – where would you go – how would you make it. The people you help today who you see as lesser may just end up your “neighbors” if this economy continues to tank.

And to any of my fellow homeless friends who are struggling to make it back up no matter the odds and the pain –
Don't give up on yourself – on life or God. Remember Jesus was technically homeless when he was born.. born in a cave when no room could be found for his family..

I know it is hard – heck I think over 20 % of the people the Women in Black have stood vigil for who have died homeless this year in Seattle took their own life intentionally or accidentaly. But don't give up .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9Inl-2w5Q

Now those at Tent city 4 – are required to have presented Identification and go through warrant check and sex offender check before being admitted into the Eastside tent city (possibly making it safer not only for the community but also for the homeless people staying at the tent city itself) – while those at Tent city 3 do not ( this location is closer to downtown and makes it easier for those here to look for work downtown) – but if you have some work that needs to be done – why not give someone who could really use the money do the work for you?

The number for Tent City 3 is 206-399-0412
The number for Tent City 4 is 206-618-3901

People become homeless for a variety of reasons.

In this economy some are simply homeless because they have lost their jobs and their unemployment has run out. Or they were only working part time and lost their jobs and now have no job and no unemployment in one of the worst economies in decades.

Some at the tent cities do have felonies and some do have prior drug problems – but don't such people deserve a chance to rebuild too?

I do not agree with Share's forced protest that it is inflicting on the city and on the tent city and internal shelter Share homeless it claims to help – but you know – please don't let your opinions of Share's recent Direct Action entirely cloud the way you see the homeless in Seattle.

Sure some at Tent City have used it so they do not have to work whether for a few months or years – but I assure you there are some very beautiful souls there just working to try to get a job and some kind of affordible housing.

Ask yourself please what if you were living paycheck to paycheck and maybe having bad credit and suddenly lost your job – where would you go – how would you make it. The people you help today who you see as lesser may just end up your “neighbors” if this economy continues to tank.

And to any of my fellow homeless friends who are struggling to make it back up no matter the odds and the pain –
Don't give up on yourself – on life or God. Remember Jesus was technically homeless when he was born.. born in a cave when no room could be found for his family..

I know it is hard – heck I think over 20 % of the people the Women in Black have stood vigil for who have died homeless this year in Seattle took their own life intentionally or accidentaly. But don't give up .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9Inl-2w5Q

The funds go to non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity, the Low Income Housing Institute, Plymouth Housing Group and Catholic Community Services, and others. If you are in need of housing, contact the crisis clinic for referrals. http://www.crisisclinic.org/

The funds go to non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity, the Low Income Housing Institute, Plymouth Housing Group and Catholic Community Services, and others. If you are in need of housing, contact the crisis clinic for referrals. http://www.crisisclinic.org/

But like michaelkelly says below, I don't think that's the real point. If we pass Prop 1, we will have the resources we need to end homelessness in the city. Which I think is something, deep down, all of us can agree with.

What does one have to do with the other. Can I squat on your lawn until I feel my educating you has resulted in your agreeing to do what I say you should do?

Perhaps “one thing we can all do” is to stop nodding out heads over the drinking glass of this sort of cant.

Short of feeding the homeless to the hungry there actually IS something we can do– renew the Housing Levy. Funding from the levy is carefully distributed to nonprofits that are good stewards of that funding and do a good job of serving people in need. Prop 1 is a real solution.