Olympia Washington was so sick and tired of a de facto RV homeless encampment that has plagued the town with the filth and accumulation of trash that city officials finally decided to do something about it.
The occupants of the illegally parked motor homes that have resided for years on Ensign road will now receive a city permit that allows them to stay.
“We are changing this zone, and I’m giving out the permits,” Olympia’s Homeless Response Coordinator Kim Kondrat said.
“It’s a fresh start,” she said. “It’s a reset for everyone. We haven’t tried anything like this before.”
(Video Credit: Fox13)
The permit requires that occupants agree to abide by several conditions including limiting materials left outside of the motorhome, not dumping sewage or other materials on the street, and not blocking traffic.
“Aggressive behavior will be an immediate revocation of the permit,” Kondrat said. “But they can always appeal it.”
The city will also be footing the bill to pump the sewage tanks out once a month and will provide porta-potties and dumpsters for the encampment residents use. A huge street cleanup effort is also underway in conjunction with issuing the free permits.
Residents that violate the new rules may have their RV towed but it won’t be impounded if the owners claim it is their only home.
“We are not taking their home, they are just not allowed to park here,” Kondrat told reporters.
Skeptics aren’t convinced that this new tactic will eliminate the problem and many predict it will only enable the homeless population to disregard the new rules as they did the old ones.
More crime in Olympia, less successful businesses and less taxpayers spending money in the city ..good luck
— Bkm (@guysshit) May 27, 2022
Just enabling this. The homeless coordinators in most cities make money off of people being homeless so they don’t want to get people off the streets. This is still inhumane and disastrous for our environment. Who pays for all these free services?
— Mark (@Tacoma_Mark) May 27, 2022
Hey everyone, free camping at the Capitol campus! Daily coffee and donuts, served by the Governor himself!
— I See You (1776) – 🇺🇸 (@DivineComity) May 27, 2022
Thank god they banned plastic bags and straws though. Whew. 🙄
— gfyst1366. (@gfyst1366) May 27, 2022
Glad to see Olympia is committed to ending homelessness….in Seattle. 😀
— pat frost (@patfros65511313) May 27, 2022
Even the residents were disgusted by the state of the area and expressed appreciation for the cleanup effort underway.
“With all this garbage and everything, I can see why the city is disgusted by it, I’m disgusted by it,” permit recipient Joshua said. “[I] don’t really want to be around here, but this is where I’ve ended up.”
“I’ve been homeless out here in Olympia for 15 years now,” another newly permitted resident Wayne said. “I really appreciate all that Olympia is doing for us.”
But many felt that the resident’s gratitude was misplaced and that the new policy may attract more homeless to the area.
“I’ve been homeless out here in Olympia for 15 years now,” said Wayne, who received a permit. “I really appreciate all that Olympia is doing for us.” ——- oh, ok
— zap (@beepbopboopzap) May 27, 2022
I love how they interviewed a guy who said “this is great! I’m so glad I came here!” Get ready Olympia, you literally just declared “come hither homeless, we got you!”
— Tarah Kimbrough (@KimbroughTarah) May 27, 2022
Only time will tell if one person’s prediction that suggests by 2024, the motor home dwellers will be pushed into the rural areas to destroy the rural communities as well.
2024: Overcrowded streets cause Olympia to cancel RV permits & are no longer welcome to stay in the city. The RV owners are told to move to the outlining areas and destroy those rural communities. Homeowners are now burning unwanted squatter’s RVs that parked in their front yard. pic.twitter.com/vOYP9I20QZ
— 🇺🇸Get A Grip🇺🇸 (@RangerJohnAllen) May 28, 2022
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I guess paying taxes in Olympia doesn’t buy you any ‘preferred treatment’, but apparently breaking laws and violating taxpayers right to a peaceful, orderly, clean environment DOES get preferred treatment. Perhaps those idiots can study Amsterdam’s system for ‘accommodating’ vagrants, homeless squatter wanna-bees?
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You can tell a city has been run for too long by irresponsible, backward thinking democrats when it requires a “Homeless Response Coordinator.”
The homeless wouldn’t be a problem if local government weren’t a problem.
Step away from the bong, Washington state! This is just more of the same old “Restorative Justice” pipe dream that has infected our schools, our District Attorneys, and here in Olympia, dirty squatters WIN, tax -paying residents lose. But the people continue to vote woke progressives into office.
Lived in my vehicle, from Chevy Caprice to 14 year old Lance camper to used class 3 mother home over a period of 16 years. NEVER showed the disrespect these people to anywhere. There is NO REASON for dumping trash and living like a pig, no matter what your situation.
Why not set up an RV park for them, with trash, water, and sewage service. Ignoring the problem of unsanitary conditions is worse than giving them permits.
You are a special kind of stupid. When you make it easier to be homeless, one thing happens – you get more homeless moving in.
Well, aren’t you just the resident genius. There will always be homeless people. You Biden supporters should at least be able to admit that. I think the point was to move them from a residential street to a designated area with the required resources.
Why would anyone win a home and pay taxes in these places, where elected “leaders” hate them?
So… the way to stop people from breaking the law is to give them a permit to break the law? When are they going to start passing out the “Permit to Kill?”
You really have to wonder about the sanity of the voters who put these people in office. Not just once, but over and over again.
How stupid is this? Can’t beat ’em, join ’em! What leadershio!
Loved the last paragraph, that’s what you call poetic justice,,,,burn baby burn,,no homeless RV dump in my yard,,,,,,,,,,,,FJB,,,,,,,,
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Politicians are without a doubt the stupidest people in the world.
It doesn’t bother them in their gated and guarded homes. It we peons who have to suffer!