The South Seattle homeless encampment of drug addicts continues to grow. It’s now enormous, with people coming from long distances to live and do drugs in the sprawling encampment that covers public and private property for several acres. Someone is cutting down trees to continue the expansion.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s office is “exploring options,” “monitoring the site,” and “closely watching changing conditions” on the mega-drug encampment in Rainier Beach. They say it is a “low priority.” It has gone on for four years under feckless leadership.
HAPPENING NOW: Seattle’s Ship Canal Park is the latest disaster zone in the city.
Homeless drug addicts are invading the area and smoking fentanyl in front of kids. They’re also setting up solar panels to fuel their encampment.
Meanwhile, the World Cup has left Seattle.
So… pic.twitter.com/FSKfVcgMHx— Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) July 16, 2026
Comments by Neighbors
“Humanitarian crisis of the worst possible measure.”
“No excuse for the city to allow this.”
“Out of control.”
“Mind-boggling.”
“Beating this drum for 4 years.”
“Stolen property, stolen vehicles, noise.”
“Beyond belief.”
“The city has no teeth in its policies.”
“A true tearing at the fabric of our community.”
“If this is the result [of the tiny home villages], I would warn everyone in those neighborhoods to be super resistant to them.”
“There is going to be tragedy that ensues.”
“A humanitarian crisis.”
This is Democrat lawlessness. Vote them out.
Komo News Report, Jeremy Harris
A group of neighbors in South Seattle is organizing their efforts to push the city to take immediate action at a growing homeless encampment.
“It’s a humanitarian crisis of the worst possible measure,” said neighbor Andrew Rauch. “The city needs to come in with a hammer and clear these encampments right now. There is going to be tragedy that ensues, whether that’s large-scale or the small tragedies that occur in these encampments day in and out.”
“It is just mind-boggling the city cannot get control over this,” Rauch said. “These are folks who don’t want help; they are not going to fall in line to move into any sort of shelter, and certainly not going to be receptive to drug treatment. There are solutions to that, but the city has no teeth in any of its policies.”
Rauch and neighbors have called, emailed, and filed reports with the city’s ‘Find It Fix It’ app.
In an email response to Rauch last week, the City of Seattle’s Unified Care Team said it was aware of the encampment’s growth.
“We will continue to monitor the site regularly, conduct bi-weekly trash cleanup, and carry out outreach efforts as we develop a plan with a specified resolution date,” Interim Unified Care Team Director Lee Momon wrote in the email.
The city maintains a list of priority encampments based on health and safety risks, accessibility concerns, and environmental impacts. Momon said this encampment is currently ranked as a lower priority than other camps in the city of Seattle.
“However, we are closely watching changing conditions,” he wrote.
A humanitarian and environmental disaster is unfolding at this encampment in south Seattle. The camp has grown across multiple properties and trees are now being cleared to expand it further.
I’ll have new reporting today on the city’s plans to “monitor” and “watch” the site. pic.twitter.com/SH9EJcAF9A
— Jeremy Harris (@JeremyHarrisTV) September 3, 2026
Beware the Tiny Home Villages
Complicating matters at this encampment is that it now spans multiple private and public properties.
At least one property owner has allowed people to set up camp there.
“It’s his property; they’re allowed to have tiny homes, things like that while he’s looking into how he can facilitate these people in recovery,” Richards said. “They need housing. It’s about to be winter.”
Richards said the encampment comprises different groups who don’t necessarily associate with each other.
“That’s what’s nice about this group up here; they’re staying tight-knit,” he said.
The city opened a tiny home village adjacent to the site in 2022, which neighbors said they were promised would help resolve encampments in the area. Instead, Rauch said it has done the opposite.
“If this is the result, I would warn any neighborhood to be super resistant,” he said. The level of criminality behind us is off the charts. This is tearing at the fabric of our community.”
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s office is “exploring options”, “monitoring the site”, and “closely watching changing conditions” on the 4 year old mega drug encampment in Rainier Beach.
Neighbors have a few quotes for her:
“Humanitarian crisis of the worst possible measure”
“No… pic.twitter.com/IQGG5xRcta— Future 42 (@future42org) September 5, 2026