Scenes from a Seattle homeless encampment are so disturbing that they became a trending topic on social media.
A homeless site in South Seattle has reportedly grown since mid-2025 across public and private land, raising serious environmental and safety concerns.
Residents reportedly had welcomed a “tiny homes” site meant to house the homeless, with a promise from the city that encampments wouldn’t be allowed nearby. In April, residents were complaining that the city wasn’t keeping its word.
“We need some level of accountability.”
Neighbors in south Seattle say they welcomed a tiny home village to their area with a promise from the city that encampments wouldn’t be allowed nearby. https://t.co/OXBq3WkEct @komonews pic.twitter.com/aJHDZr24iN
— Jeremy Harris (@JeremyHarrisTV) April 8, 2026
Fast forward to today, the encampment area is larger, with seemingly no real plan to end the expansion.
Jeremy Harris with KOMO News reported on the “humanitarian and environmental disaster,” saying the city plans to “monitor and watch” the situation.
A humanitarian and environmental disaster is unfolding at this encampment in south Seattle. The camp has grown across multiple properties and trees are now being cleared to expand it further.
I’ll have new reporting today on the city’s plans to “monitor” and “watch” the site. pic.twitter.com/SH9EJcAF9A
— Jeremy Harris (@JeremyHarrisTV) September 3, 2026
Harris’ report drew plenty of attention on X, where former LA Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt called it Communism. “Communism is like a societal cancer. It just keeps spreading until it becomes impossible to remove, and it always ends the same way,” he said.
A hundred feet away a homeowner is waiting on a permit to remodel a bathroom.
The city wants more clarification.— gabrieloak99 (@gabrieloak99) September 3, 2026
The video looks like a third world country. We have zero leadership in Washington State! pic.twitter.com/oZbL9ElQXF
— KJ (@kdawgf1) September 3, 2026
Just a reminder that every single item you see in that camp was stolen from tax payers – either directly through theft/burglary – or indirectly through “social services”
We pay for this. And when it becomes a completely uninhabitable toxic waste dump – we pay to clean it up.
— Banana In The Tailpipe (@TailpipeBanana) September 4, 2026
Adding insult to injury, Mary Katharine Ham astutely pointed out that Seattle has a strict tree code that prohibits folks from cutting down trees without approval from proper authorities…and insurance.
The code doesn’t appear to be enforced in the expanding homeless encampment.
It’s “tyranny against the law abiding”…every code is enforced, every penalty is applied, every tax is collected but there are NO rules enforced against the homeless or “Chaz Zone” people.
— MaraGood85 (@MaraGoodR18251) September 3, 2026
That code only applies to law abiding citizens. The ones that pay taxes, traffic tickets, permit fees, and obey zoning laws. You know the ones the city taxes the crap out of to support the encampments freeloaders.
— HogHammer (@HogHammer1) September 4, 2026
Outrageous.
