Seattle has struggled to get thousands of people living in their vehicles into housing. How have programs in San Diego and Santa Barbara managed to be more successful, and cost effective?
In response to the homelessness crisis, local governments are spending millions of dollars on rental subsidies to get people into housing that is seen as...
The effort by employers to undo the city’s newly passed business tax opens a new phase in the contentious battle over Seattle’s response to the...
If you’ve bought a hot dog or a beer at Safeco or CenturyLink Field, the person at the stand may have been homeless.
A Seattle-sanctioned homeless camp does not do warrant checks "of any sort," so staff members were not aware of a resident's criminal history.
After passage of Seattle’s head tax, the City Council and the mayor must hash out conflicting strategies to address the homelessness crisis.
Melinda Nichols, a carpenter since 1972 and longtime board member at the nonprofit that is developing and will operate this tiny village, thought a village...
Cities and counties would get $359 million in surplus state revenue to help California's growing homeless population under Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget. About a...
“We’ve got to protect the working people’s jobs in Washington state and in Seattle,” Mayor Jenny Durkan said in an interview. “And as mayor that’s...
An independent report on King County’s homelessness crisis by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company finds that squeezing efficiencies out of the current system isn’t...
