SPOKANE, Wash. – A post on the neighborhood social media app, Nextdoor, has sparked conversation about a backyard homeless encampment on 6th Avenue. The property owner, Rick Walters, claims to be running the encampment under an LLC called “Holy Ghost Housing.”
Neighbors have expressed concerns about the legality and disturbances caused by the encampment. One neighbor, wishing to remain anonymous, shared the challenges faced, “It’s so in your face. It’s hard not to start to harbor negative feelings about it.”
Others have noted frequent disturbances. “We have to pick up human waste, drug paraphernalia on the ground people trespassing people being aggressive with us,” one neighbor said…