A homeless camp of last resort pops up on the county campus
EVERETT — She was three years “clean and sober” with a job and a roof over her head.
But then, the pandemic struck. There went her job as a bartender.
Her living situation crumbled when she was accused of breaking the lease at the apartment complex where she was staying.
“It’s just amazing, going from a nice home, all of the sudden. And now …” the woman, who declined to provide her name, trailed off.
She stood next to a makeshift shelter on a patch of Snohomish County-owned concrete on the northeast corner of Oakes Avenue and Wall Street in downtown Everett, where dozens of homeless people are now camping.
“All these people could be in a house but nobody out there will help because they’re scared of us,” she said, motioning to the slipshod network of tarps and tents around her.
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