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Residents urge support for unhoused services; council hears rising-homelessness concerns and future Good Samaritan plan
Summary
At the May 13 Puyallup City Council meeting, residents urged the city to allow services such as a weekly shower trailer at New Hope Resource Center. Council members reported rising homelessness and the city manager said the Good Samaritan master plan will return for first reading next week.
Residents and council members raised homelessness and local service needs during the May 13 Puyallup City Council meeting.
Sarah Blakely, a city resident and volunteer at New Hope, told council she has seen many unhoused people whose camps have been cleared and vehicles towed. She asked the city to be more compassionate and urged support for nonprofit services. Blakely suggested allowing a shower trailer to operate at New Hope ‘‘perhaps once a week,’’ saying the service would help people present themselves for job…
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