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Vacant lots from Seattle to Auburn are being taken over by homeless drug addicts and the dealers who prey on them. And depending on the city, the lot could be overrun for weeks on end.

Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle has seen the crisis firsthand as she visits encampments, hoping to connect the homeless with services 鈥� while cleaning up the mess they leave. She’s seen the worst of the vacant lot takeovers in the Central District and Chinatown neighborhoods.

“We talk to drug dealers and kingpins, and they do inform us of what’s going on as we do outreach,” Suarez explained on “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “And so, you know, we’re in that gray area of understanding the dynamic of what’s going on, but also trying to be out there, offering our services.”

Suarez notes that with the owners of the lots sometimes out of state, the spots are easy locations for drug dealers to take over, which then attracts homeless addicts who set up camps.

How long before homeless lot encampments are cleared? Depends where they are

Depending on their location, a lot can either be cleared quickly, or be a long, protracted issue. Seattle? Lots can be overrun by homeless for weeks to months. But in other parts of King County? Not so much. Suarez stated that Burien is getting it dialed in, and Auburn doesn’t sit back.

“Auburn actually calls their homeless outreach team the ‘Anti-homelessness team.’ It’s printed right on their business card, and you cannot find (homeless loitering). They’re like, ‘Either accept services or get out of Auburn,’ and they are unapologetic about it,” Suarez noted.

While communities around King County still struggle to contain the homelessness crisis, Suarez notes the problem is really coming from Seattle.

“We need a mayor, and we need a leader that says, ‘Start doing drug user intervention and getting them off drugs, showing them a path out and putting them in your car and taking them to services that are available.’ Flip the script, and we can do it. We can start chipping away, you start getting people off drugs,” Suarez said.

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