Seattle to begin towing vehicles again, creating big questions for people who live in them VIEW
Starting Friday, the city will resume enforcing the parking law requiring vehicles to vacate a spot on a public street after 72 hours. The city...
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New report shows COVID-19 took a large bite out of Seattle shelter beds
Seattle lost around 300 shelter beds between December 2019 and 2020. The rest of the county lost even more — altogether, emergency shelter beds in...
Seattle's mayoral candidates tap into frustration over homelessness in different ways
M. Lorena González and Bruce Harrell will have a chance to each prove they’re the one for the job this Wednesday, when they’ll square off...
King County head of homelessness may be an ‘impossible’ job, but Marc Dones is optimistic WATCH
The new CEO of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority is already making waves. Marc Dones is an uncommon choice after years of bureaucrats who...
González reveals homelessness plan for mayoral run
Standing in front of an affordable housing development in Capitol Hill on Thursday, city council president and mayoral hopeful M. Lorena González outlined a plan...
Abandoned Seattle motel where homeless slept demolished for tiny house village
The future "Friendship Village" of tiny houses is on land owned by the Low-Income Housing Institute, which delayed the village's opening to demolish a condemned...
Seattle homelessness nonprofits are watching their workforce melt down
The pandemic and the ensuing labor shortage are putting the Seattle and King County shelter expansions in limbo as nonprofit shelter operators struggle to get...
Compassion Seattle homelessness measure will not appear on November ballot, state Court of Appeals rules
The Compassion Seattle campaign spent more than a million dollars on the proposed charter amendment, which if passed would have required the city to build...
'Compassion Seattle' appeals decision, possibly paving the way for a November ballot appearance
The Compassion Seattle campaign, which is funded by business alliances and the chamber of commerce, originally said it wasn’t going to appeal after the measure...
Judge rejects ‘Compassion Seattle’ measure, rules it goes beyond cities’ power
A King County judge has ruled that Charter Amendment 29, known as "Compassion Seattle," won't go before Seattle voters in November. She said the ballot...