Help Expose Spokane’s Hidden Humanitarian Crisis

Right here in the heart of Spokane, a humanitarian crisis has been hidden in plain sight.

Hundreds of poor and vulnerable people with special needs have been placed in a dense cluster of Housing First apartment buildings and shelter services operated by Catholic Charities and supported by public funding. Many of these individuals were homeless before they arrived. Many have nowhere else to go. Many struggle with addiction, trauma, mental-health challenges, disability, medical needs, criminal histories, or other serious life circumstances.

They deserve safety.

They deserve security.

They deserve real care.

But from our perspective, that is not what is happening.

These buildings may provide a roof, but a roof is not the same as a safe home. Housing is not healing when vulnerable people are placed together in concentrated facilities where drugs, crime, fear, instability, and repeated emergency calls have become part of daily life.

We believe Catholic Charities and the City of Spokane have failed to protect the very people these programs were supposed to help. Instead of safety and stability, many residents appear trapped in dangerous conditions with nowhere else to go.

And the crisis does not stay inside the buildings.

The pressure inside these facilities spills out onto Spokane’s sidewalks, streets, parking lots, storefronts, and businesses. Nearby businesses, employees, customers, residents, first responders, and citizens have all been forced to live with the consequences of an unmanaged crisis.

For years, concerns have been raised. The City has been made aware. Housing and oversight agencies have been made aware. Officials and decision-makers have been put on notice. Yet the dangerous conditions continue, and no one with the power to fix this has done enough to bring safety to the vulnerable people inside these buildings or to the surrounding community.

At this point, exposure is the antidote.

The chronic nuisance claim in our lawsuit is currently the only mechanism we have to force the truth into the light. It is not enough to call this a nuisance. This is bigger than nuisance. This is about human dignity, public safety, failed oversight, and the right of vulnerable people and Spokane citizens to live without fear.

We are raising $100,000 to support the legal fight to expose this humanitarian crisis, demand accountability, and push for real change.

This lawsuit is not about being against the poor. It is about standing up for them.

It is about saying that vulnerable people should not be packed into unsafe conditions and forgotten. It is about saying that businesses, workers, customers, neighbors, and first responders should not be forced to absorb the fallout of failed planning and failed oversight. It is about saying Spokane deserves better.

Every contribution helps.

If many people give what they can, we can bring this crisis into the light. We can help expose what has been hidden for too long. We can fight for safety, dignity, accountability, and a better future for Spokane.

Please donate, share, and help us help them.

Help us help the poor and vulnerable.

Help us help our city.

Help us restore safety for everyone.

Exposure is the antidote.

Every dollar helps.