Vianna Davila is a Metro reporter covering homelessness. Prior to joining the Seattle Times in October 2017, she was senior enterprise reporter at the San Antonio Express-News. In her 13 years at the Express-News, Davila covered growth, gentrification, transportation and criminal justice.
Human Services Department officials announced late last month that they planned to close Licton Springs' tiny-house village in March, when the site’s permit expires.
The money comes from philanthropic donations, as well as ticket and merchandise sales.
The auditor recommended the city increase the availability of enhanced shelters, with numerous on-site services, to get more homeless people off the street.
The initiative, announced at YouthCare's Orion Center for homeless youth, was the first major donation the band has awarded since its Home Shows concerts in...
This was the first sanctioned village in Seattle that doesn't require sobriety; it's also the first to be shut down.
San Francisco’s aggressive approach to removing tent camps may be a preview of what’s to come in Seattle. The two cities have similar progressive politics,...
The leaves are paid for by donations, engraved with names and dates, and usually placed on sidewalks in Seattle near where their namesakes lived.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that says cities can’t prosecute people for living in public spaces if they have no other reasonable...
In the survey of 148 Native American and Alaska Native women, more than half the women — 53 percent — were homeless at the time...
The city has removed more homeless encampments this year than in all of 2017, with a sharp increase in the cleanup of camps without prior...