City to clear homeless encampment near Seattle middle school

A homeless encampment at Miller Playfield near Meany Middle School is expected to be cleared Friday.

KIRO 7 found signs posted Wednesday night around the park informing campers that they will have until early Friday to remove all their belongings.

The Low Income Housing Institute told KIRO 7 that it has available space for people at short-stay hotels leased by the city.

However, it has not been made clear how much of a long-term solution that is.

KIRO 7 told you about Miller Park in January, and that is when its crew was threatened by one of the campers there.

Across town in Ballard, KIRO 7 profiled the trouble Ballard Little League had last month with some homeless people who took over parts of a ball field, even the dugouts.

There were also problems with drugs and syringes.

As for the Miller Park cleanup, the signs indicated everything has to be gone by 9 a.m. Friday morning.

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