Homelessness

Homeless Bill of Rights Fizzles Out This Session but Advocates Continue to Lay Groundwork

As the affordability crisis in the Puget Sound region pushes more of our neighbors on the street, law makers and advocates continue to search...

Map of the Week: Restrooms for All

The Seattle City Auditor's report on the Navigation Team, recently presented to the city council's Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development, and Arts Committee, included...

New Photography Exhibit Shares Stories of Homesteading in Pioneer Square

Home Now is a compelling mix of art and activism that invites viewers to make a human-to-human connection with their unhoused neighbors. It was time...

Walking King County’s Twenty Year Budget Tight Rope

"A Broken System" Limits Funding For General Fund, Transit, Housing, and More... On September 24th, King County Executive Dow Constantine put forth the proposed King...

Mayor Durkan Boosts Funding for Police and Transit in Proposed Budget

Mayor Jenny Durkan delivered her first budget address today at Fire Station 10. While the mayor had broadcast her desire to trim department budgets...

City Council Puts Education Levy on the Ballot, Expands Shelter Capacity, and Grapples with...

On Monday, the Seattle City Council adopted several pieces of legislation related to land use, housing, education, and the environment. While the education levy...

Sorry Chamber of Commerce: Fixing the Housing Crisis Will Take More than Upzoning

Seattle's elite got their way when it came to repealing the head tax, but at what cost? They certainly outed themselves as callously opportunistic...

Head Tax Down in Flames as Councilmembers Fret Over Polling, Chamber Money

Yesterday the Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to repeal the Employee Hours Tax (aka "head tax") less than one month after they passed it...