Project Homeless

Project Homeless

Seattle’s mayoral candidates have plans for homelessness, but they’re staring at an uncertain future

Danny Morales has lived for about a year in the Interbay tiny house village, where he volunteers as the kitchen coordinator. An expansion of the site, which has 46 units, has been proposed. Seattle’s homelessness problem is one of the biggest challenges the city’s new mayor will face. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Homelessness will be on the ballot in a big way this year, and city residents are demanding solutions from elected leaders and Seattle mayoral candidates as visible homelessness reaches new heights at the end of the pandemic.

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Friday, July 2, 2021. A senior client named Flo with back to camera is helped by volunteers who stock food at the Des Moines Area Food Bank. The neighborhoods the food bank serves face the highest rate of “housing precarity”. 217547

To predict who’s most likely to become homeless, look to South King County, researchers say

Michael Pawloski died of hyperthermia during last week’s heat wave. He was found in the back this Chevron gas station in Woodinville. 217588

‘He probably figured he’d tough it out’: Homeless man died in heat wave, minutes from cooling center

People remove belongs at the Benevuto viewpoint south of I-90 at the Rainier interchange Thursday, July 22, 2021. The WSP, Seattle police, and WSDOT are removing these and other encampments that have been tied to debris throwing incidents along the freeway. The men at left are looking down on the I-90 freeway. WSDOT described the area as: “The debris and rock throwing in proximity to specific encampments off of I-90 and I-5 is a public safety threat that we take very seriously and must be addressed immediately. We’ve worked in partnership with the Washington State Patrol as they investigate debris throwing incidents and continue to do what we can in the interest of public safety. After surveying the site with WSP it has been determined the encampment at the Benvenuto Viewpoint is a safety risk and must be removed along with another location adjacent to the westbound I-90 off-ramp to Rainier Avenue. Unlike previous efforts in which a notice of removal is posted 72 hours’ in advance, we must act quickly. We are posting the area today for removal on Thursday, July 22. To do this, we are working closely with the city of Seattle and WSP. The city will assist with debris removal, provide outreach to the people living in the right of way to advise them of what options and resources are available, and will offer storage of personal possessions if needed. Once the encampment is removed, WSDOT will work to modify the site to discourage anyone from occupying the site.”

Washington transportation crew clears Seattle homeless encampment after arrests connected to rock-throwing

A sign has been placed near an empty lot where there are plans to build a homeless shelter in Bellevue, shot Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Words on the sign read: “Proposal to construct a three-story permanent, overnight 100-unit men’s shelter.” The shelter, which has been planned for years, is located at 13620 SE Eastgate Way. 217704

After years of delay and deliberation, Bellevue shelter has a site and funding

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