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Olympia reports Percival Canyon encampment closure; officials say housing offered only to people on by-name list
Summary
The city of Olympia said it has closed the Percival Canyon encampment and "housed all the individuals that we could find on the by name list," while county and city staff cautioned that people who arrived after that list was closed were not offered housing under current program rules.
The city of Olympia reported Oct. 22 that the Percival Canyon encampment closure is complete and that city staff used state Department of Commerce funding and a by-name list to prioritize housing offers.
"We were able to house all the individuals that we could find on the by name list," Susan McLaughlin, Olympia’s community planning and economic development director, told the Thurston County Regional Housing Council. McLaughlin said the closure and housing offers were part of a 16-month effort coordinated with regional partners and funded in part by the Washington State Department of Commerce.
McLaughlin said the city extended the encampment-closure timeline by one week to accommodate Americans with…
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