Project Homeless

Project Homeless

In activists’ demands to defund police, calls to fund housing and human services 

Protesters listen to speakers, including the mayor who spoke briefly and got booed, on the west side of City Hall, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Evana Enabulele came very close to becoming a statistic.  Enabulele has moved five times since 2013, and in 2017, almost fell into homelessness after experiencing domestic violence and a fire. “I'm a person who has been hit with, in the face, with gentrification,” said Enabulele, a local activist. “A lot of city workers who are Black live all the way in Kent...

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Donors gather for a dinner and auction last year, on March 30, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle to support Compass Housing Alliance, a local shelter operator. Large and expensive galas and fundraising events like this could be a thing of the past, some philanthropy experts say.

Philanthropic giving shot up when the coronavirus hit. Will it fade like it did in the last recession?

Luam Wersom, an Eritrean refugee who grew up in subsidized housing run by King County Housing, pops lids onto over a 100 meals for seniors living in two public units run by King County Housing Authority, Monday, May 11, 2020 in Seattle during the coronavirus outbreak. 213921

At King County public housing, a restaurant owner returns to his old home with food in hand  VIEW

(Jennifer Luxton / The Seattle TImes)

Did you miss the panel on racism and homelessness? Here are some highlights.  WATCH

Seattle City Council member Andrew Lewis 212964

For the first time, Seattle could institute its own capital gains tax to pay for homeless housing

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