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Progressive Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is being ripped for unveiling a village of tiny homes being likened to porta-potties \u2014 with no rules stopping the homeless people who move in from doing drugs.<\/p>\n

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Wilson, 43, previewed 50 of the 70-square-foot units on Sunday \u2014 while readily conceding that she failed on her promise of having half of the 1,000 planned units ready in time for the World Cup, which starts Thursday.<\/p>\n

The tiny units \u2014 barely bigger than a portable toilet, about the size of a jail cell and equipped with just a single bed and desk \u2014 cost $16,000 each to build, with those moving in sharing toilets and other facilities staffed 24\/7.<\/p>\n

The woke mayor said the units are for homeless people suffering \u201ccomplex problems related to substance abuse\u201d or mental disorders \u2014 but without forcing them to seek help or even stay off the drugs that got them there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process of recovery is really complicated and difficult, and so, we\u2019re not demanding that people be abstinent when they enter this village,\u201d the Democratic socialist mayor said, according to KOMO.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to help people successfully move from homelessness toward stability and housing; that\u2019s exactly what this site is designed to do,\u201d she vowed, without citing evidence.<\/p>\n

Local advocates quickly ripped the plan, with many saying it will only make drug use more widespread there, raising the risks for anyone living nearby.<\/p>\n

Andrea Suarez, founder of the homeless outreach organization We Heart Seattle, ridiculed the mayor\u2019s program, saying that the drug use will add to widespread crime as \u201cthe bodies are piling up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDrugs aren\u2019t free,\u201d she told Fox News of the \u201cdeadly\u201d drugs like \u201csuper meth and fentanyl\u201d that \u201cwill be allowed on this property.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what do people have to do to fuel their addiction? They have to porch-prowl, smash and grab, retail theft, syphon gas \u2026 prostitution,\u201d she predicted, saying locals will have to \u201cbe on lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s very hard to get better and seek treatment when the fox is guarding the henhouse,\u201d she said, saying that the addicts will be surrounded by dealers and fellow users. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to get sober when everything makes you actually more comfortable being a drug addict.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other critics were wary of the state the homes could fall into without rules stopping them from becoming \u201coverdose incubators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEach one of these tiny houses will turn into a tiny outhouse. Good luck cleaning that human sewer up,\u201d one naysayer fumed on X.<\/p>\n

Another raged: \u201cHow much you willing to bet that within a year, all those tiny homes will be torn down crack houses smelling like heroin laced urine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another blasted: \u201cGlad Katie could give drug dealers and criminals a home base for their crimes against the people of Seattle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDumb,\u201d one critic slammed. \u201cNow they just get to use drugs in those tiny homes. How about we get them off the drugs!!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wilson said an additional 25 sleeper units will be installed at the Bayside Enhanced Shelter by the end of June, with as many as 300 new pods expected citywide by summer\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

That still falls way short of her promise of 500 units in time for Seattle\u2019s World Cup matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it a failure not to have created 500 units by now? As long as there are thousands of people sleeping unsheltered on our streets, yes, we are failing,\u201d the lefty mayor said defensively. <\/p>\n

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