Some might say the efforts of Washington state to battle homelessness create a rocky situation.
Business Insider reports the state spent approximately $718,000 on large boulders placed along areas where homeless people had previously congregated and camped.
“I mean, that money could have been spent in better ways,” one area resident told Fox 13 News.
Putting big rocks in areas where homeless encampments once were is not a new method of addressing the problem. Los Angeles, Portland and Spokane of used rocks to prevent homeless camps.
Washington state recently placed boulders in areas near the state capital of Olympia and along Interstate 5. Two locations near that highway were reportedly once home to over 200 people living a short distance from the busy interstate.
Before the boulders were placed, the state administration offered shelter to the homeless, according to Kris Abrudan, communications director of Washington State Department of Transportation.
"Rocks are being used at very specific locations to prevent re-encampment and that use is quite small relative to the number of encampments we have across the state," Abrudan told Business Insider.
Bidenomics has had an impact as homelessness reportedly reached an all-time high according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development report released last month.
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