US homeless numbers stay about the same as before pandemic
President Joe Biden's administration is making a new push to reduce homelessness as a federal survey estimates nearly 600,000 people do not have a place...
Homelessness
Thousands of people in King County are homeless, and the number appears to be on the rise. In November 2015, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and King County Executive Dow Constantine declared a state of emergency so that their governments would have more options for fighting homelessness. Here, we track the issue and what’s being done about it.
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HUD announces $2.8 billion in grants for homeless services
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing $2.8 billion in fresh funding for homeless services organizations across the country.
Seattle names recipients of $80M in affordable-housing investments using JumpStart tax revenue
Several community organizations will share revenue from the JumpStart tax to create affordable housing for low-income people and those experiencing homelessness.
Cause of homelessness isn't drugs or mental illness, researchers say
Researchers found that mental illness, addiction and poverty occur everywhere. Another factor, however, varies greatly around the country.
How Houston moved 25,000 people from the streets into homes of their own VIEW
The number of people deemed homeless in the Houston region has been cut 63% since 2011, according to the latest numbers. No other city has...
Apple spent millions to pull dozens of people out of homelessness. Here’s how that went
Apple spent millions of dollars to give dozens of people a nine-month motel stay and help them find housing. Now, that nine-month motel reprieve is...
9 months after adoption, LA’s anti-camping law is a patchwork of compliance VIEW
The Los Angeles City Council passed a law allowing it to designate certain areas as off-limits to homeless camps. Here's how it's going, nine months...
Race for City Council seat is the most expensive Mercer Island race in years
The increasingly contentious race, one of three Mercer Island City Council contests, is the island’s most expensive in at least 14 years. Lisa Anderl and...
Seattle, King County candidates wrangle over how to address homelessness crisis
Candidates in three hotly contested Seattle-area races wrangled over how to handle homelessness Thursday in a series of fierce, half-hour debates that underscored how politically...