SEATTLE — The city of Seattle is gearing up to remove a homeless encampment in Ballard as neighboring business owners and building managers raise questions about shelter space.
The area near 9th Avenue and 48th Street, north of Leary, has seen a rotation of encampments, and people are calling on the city to help find more housing.
People living at the encampment on Wednesday were given a day’s notice to move their belongings from the street and a tarp-covered shelter built from plywood.
Homeless advocate Bruce Drager, the chairman of the community-driven Ballard Community Task Force on Homelessness and Hunger, said they have nowhere else to go…