Bill Block

is former director of the Committee to End Homelessness in King County. He previously served as regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the second Obama administration and currently is a volunteer lawyer with the ACLU of Washington.

September 13, 2018 at 3:10 pm

House and help, don’t criminalize, the homeless | Op-Ed

For far too long, homelessness has been the default discharge option for our mental-health system, our criminal-justice system and our foster-care system.

Opinion
Seattle Times Op-Eds

September 30, 2012 at 4:00 pm

Op-ed: Homeless programs alone not enough to get people off the streets

SEVEN years ago I joined the Committee to End Homelessness in King County, an extraordinary community effort taking on the issues of homelessness as never...

Opinion

December 28, 2006 at 12:00 am

A glimpse into reality

The recent storm offers us a glimpse into the realities of homelessness. Throughout King County, thousands of individuals and households...

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