Frustrations are mounting after some people who were living at a homeless encampment that had just been cleared outside Burien’s City Hall and Library building have moved to a space a block away.
The campers were forced off the property in downtown Burien on Friday. Shortly after, tents appeared on an empty lot on Southwest 152nd Street and Sixth Avenue Southwest.The lot is only one block west of the original location that was adjacent to Burien’s Town Square. The property is owned by the city and is overlooked by condominiums.
Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon said that only five people were identified as being unhoused and that three of those people were provided with housing. The Burien City Council released the following statement on Friday, Mar. 31, the day that campers had to move:
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