81 permanent supportive housing units coming to Ballard

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana

Is this better than living at the Ballard Commons or 17th St triangle?
Am I allowed to cook meth and inject heroin into my body?
Can I sell stolen bikes for drugs?
Am I allowed to yell profanities at the Senior Center all night?
Is shoplifting still enabled?
Will my RV still get special treatment for no parking tickets?
Can I still stand up pee in public parks?
Can I throw my trash anywhere around Ballard?
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If not, then I REFUSE to go to this place. You can’t make me! I have rights that have been enabled by activists and the City Council to live on the streets “homeless” as long as I want by choice. Ballard Commons is my home. Forever!

Remember the hobo activist enablement checklist anyone?
– Defund SPD – Complete
– Remove SPD Chief – Complete
– Lower SPD headcount – Complete
– Eliminate Navigation Team – Complete
– Eliminate Homeless camp sweeps – Complete
– Tax businesses that provide jobs – Complete
– Takeover downtown with my druggie and addict friends – Complete

You see? I can live on your streets by choice as long as I want. Hahahahahaaaa!!!

This is fantastic. We need these units and about 10 times as many, given the number of mentally ill and drug-addicted people on our streets and in parks, etc. The location is arguably better than Nyer-Urness in that it’s directly at the cross-roads of two major arterials. I’m a little concerned about the proximity of Ballard High students to this.

Everyone, including me, complains about the Ballard Commons and Leary Way situations. My hope is those people can go into this housing and that the city will insist on that versus the usual “pretty please.” This could be a big help and until it turns out not to be, I’m going to look at this positively.

How exciting! Can’t wait to meet the new neighbors…

” Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) offers non-time limited affordable housing and voluntary supportive services that may include counseling, behavioral and physical health support and alcohol and drug treatment, according to the City.”

Will people be required to go to these supportive services? Or is nothing required and we just need to take care of everyone until they make the choice that things are pretty bad living in the new condo and they need to move up. Maybe somewhere with waterfront view…

The current situation in Seattle is insane and I hope this helps. My only fear is that this might lead to a less family-friendly atmosphere at the street park on 14th. Currently it’s a great place to bring children, would hate for it to end up like the Commons.

Thankfully they are building new, elevator served, air conditioned units instead of buying existing buildings. Their neighbors wouldn’t want the drug addicted whackjobs to feel uncomfortable…

Seattle has become a cesspool city thanks to decades of rule by members of the Party of Slavery.

For the retail spaces on the ground floor a pawn shop, a liquor store, and a pot shop would be ideal.

Who will own and operate the building?

“Voluntary supportive services that MAY include drug + alcohol treatment”. Really? Is this then another “wet house” like 1753 NW 56th? As in giant enabling centers. Every night there are already empty beds in this city NOT being used due to people not being able to follow a couple of simple rules. Wouldn’t want to pass judgement, would we. But to liberals, spending others hard earned money makes them happy, feeling good about themselves, and we did something. “Compassion” is always spending somebody else’s $$. Will this place soon become another area we have to avoid, like the Commons? BTW, most have NOTHING in common with that dump. BTW, the cartels are here and growing and loving these places. Don’t worry though, Dow is working on closing jails too. No need for them, right folks.

The City announces housing for homeless and all the “Safe” Seattle morons can do is complain on a neighborhood blog.

Classic!

This of course will be a good test of the efficiency of the nationwide homeless communications network.

I recall talking to a homeless couple living on the street in the U-District. The couple stated that they had come from the midwest to Seattle as they heard it had good weather and people were generous with their giving (not to mention High Times listing northern California to Vancouver, BC being a great place for MJ…both individuals looked like they were high. ) I also recall other states and municipalities sending their homeless on Greyhounds to Seattle. Apparently, the homeless really like us. Warms the cockles of my heart knowing that people love me…so validating.

Will the free apartments, lack of accountability, legalization of drugs, lax prosecution by Pete Homes and legal system, support from City Council, and ‘caring’ attitude by ‘loving and understanding” Seattleites lead to an influx of homeless rather than a decline? I’m guessing ‘free stuff’ and great weather acts as an incentive? Is my home fully tax deductible if I declare it a homeless shelter?

This town is full of head cases. Gotta get out of here.

I’m as disgusted as the next guy by the 20 & 30 year-olds who have embraced the “homeless lifestyle” and our city government which plans on having the rest of us support their food, medical, dental needs for the next 50 years while they steal anything not nailed down. That said–this is a good project. Let’s face it . . . some of the homeless are lost for good. Too many years of mental illness and drug addiction. Get them a room. And then Seattle City Council should get some spine and make sure that those 30 year-old perfectly-capable-of-getting-a-job don’t end up the same way. That is not compassion. the clink or drug rehab . . . your choice. Yeah, drug rehab only works a small % of the time, but “compassion” works not at all.

So are they going to have mandatory drug and alcohol to live there ?