In a statement published Tuesday, the organization wrote it was opposing the amendment as it did not address the root causes of the city’s housing crisis and instead punished people for being homeless. The group said it could not support the ballot initiative as it focused on “stopgap measures aimed at reducing the visibility of poverty” instead of long-term solutions, like increasing affordable permanent housing.
“The ACLU of Washington shares the concern of many Seattle residents that the housing crisis is an emergency that affects all of us and that the City must do everything in its power to redress our neighbors’ suffering. To that end, we support solutions
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