As discussion of the city of Seattle’s cleanups of unauthorized homeless encampments heats up, the disposal and storage of campers’ personal property is proving to be a thorny issue. The city’s procedures, outlined in the 2008 Multi-Departmental Administrative Rule (MDAR), lay out guidelines for city employees conducting the sweeps, but many homelessness advocates worry that the procedures aren’t being followed correctly, or that, even when they are, campers are still losing their valuables.
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