AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoMayor of Los Angeles wants to prove that homelessness can be solvedseattletimes.com - Jill CowanMayor Karen Bass launched a program to get people out of tents and into motels. It is showing some success, but it's not sustainable.
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLegislature passes more than $32 million in asylum-seeker aidseattletimes.com - Anna PatrickThe state Legislature budgeted millions to help support hundreds of asylum seekers who have recently arrived in South King County and need housing.
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBill to hold WA cities accountable for affordable housing could returnseattletimes.com - Anna PatrickHouse Bill 2474 was introduced in late January and inspired by Washington cities that canceled affordable housing projects or rescinded emergency …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRegional Homelessness Authority turnover raises questions about its futureseattletimes.com - Greg KimOver the last six months, nearly all of the top-level executives at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority have left. Between June of last …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLost Patients: A podcast from The Seattle Times and KUOWseattletimes.com - Seattle Times staffLost Patients is a deeply-reported, six-part docuseries on the difficulties of treating serious mental illness through the lens of one city’s past, …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoKing County, Sheriff’s Office takes Burien’s camping ban to courtseattletimes.com - Anna PatrickThe King County sheriff is asking whether the office is required to enforce a heavily restrictive camping ban, as well as raising constitutionality …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoKing County Sheriff’s Office won’t enforce updated Burien camping banseattletimes.com - Paige CornwellThe Burien City Council added new “buffers” where people can’t sleep within 500 feet of schools, day care centers, libraries, parks and other …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAfter march on King County Courthouse, help arrives for asylum-seekersseattletimes.com - Anna Patrick and Vonnai PhairAbout 200 women and children seeking asylum in the U.S. were facing eviction from hotels when government funding ran out. They marched to ask King …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMomentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Courtseattletimes.com - CLAIRE RUSHMomentum is building in a major case regarding homeless encampments that is before the U.S. Supreme Court.
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBurien tightens existing camping law, adds 500-foot ‘buffer’ zonesseattletimes.com - Anna PatrickThe city of Burien is currently being sued in King County Superior Court for its camping ordinance. The city has few shelter options for unhoused …
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNew podcast ‘Lost Patients’ takes a deep look at mental illness in WAseattletimes.com - Seattle Times staffJournalists from The Seattle Times and KUOW investigate why mental health care in Washington is the way it is, and what we might do to break free.
AvatarThe Seattle TimesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoJaywalking debate pits safety concerns against unnecessary stops of homeless peopleseattletimes.com - Greg KimHomeless people receive a disproportionately large percentage of jaywalking fines in the state — at least 41%, according to a report published …