No city wants families living on its streets, but fixing the homeless problem turns out to be more complicated than simply saying “We won’t turn anyone away” from shelters.
Portland wanted to shelter every homeless family. The plan backfired, but it offers lessons for Seattle.
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As Seattle adapts its response to the homelessness crisis, activist groups face uncertain future
SHARE and Nickelsville have been providing shelter to Seattle's homeless residents for years and were integral parts of the city's push for more tiny-house villages....
Feeling abandoned by City Hall, Seattle businesses try to respond to homelessness
Three business alliances are hiring their own caseworkers to help out their businesses, but they're imploring city hall to do something about safety.
Seattle homeless camp that allows alcohol, drug use is losing its management as tensions escalate VIEW
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.
King County will open west wing of downtown Seattle jail as shelter
The jail wing will have 125 to 150 beds, and will cost around $2 million to renovate and turn into a homeless shelter, and around...
Constantine taps new head of King County fight against homelessness
King County Executive Dow Constantine has tapped Leo Flor to lead the county's fight against poverty and homelessness, according to a released statement. Flor will...
UW struggles with regional homeless crisis; looks to keep people from sleeping, camping in buildings
The HUB is finalizing rules that ban lying down and sprawling out on couches, sleeping for more than 30 minutes, using the restroom for cutting...
Allowing drugs at a tiny house village didn’t work. So why is Seattle trying it again? | Danny Westneat
What to do with drug-addicted homeless people living on the streets is difficult, because traditional shelters won't take them. But the city's experimental attempt to...
King County jail wing as a shelter? Officials are desperate enough to consider it
King County, in the middle of scouring its assets for publicly-owned land and buildings to house homeless people, is researching what it would take to...
Pearl Jam announces $10.8 million to combat homelessness
The money comes from philanthropic donations, as well as ticket and merchandise sales.