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Homelessness

Kristina’s Homelessness Story

Kristina Sawyckyj is a former marine, serves on the board of the Resident Action Project, participates in a veterans' support group, is an active...

Field of Dreams: A Missed Opportunity To Change Course On Homeless Sweeps

As I write this, city officials are conducting a sweep of The Field of Dreams, a homeless encampment next to an I-90 overpass in...

Ed Murray Rolls Out Big Plans In State Of The City Address

On Tuesday at Idris Mosque in North Seattle, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray drew a stark contrast between Seattle's approach to governance and the one...

Sunday Video: Under The Bridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPp3DXc6n0 This author and photographer, Tim Durkan with King 5 news, interviews people experiencing homelessness and photographs those experiences, including the East Duwamish Greenbelt (commonly called...

Incentive Zoning Nets $32 Million To Help Fund 610 Affordable Homes

Mayor Ed Murray announced $47 million in funding for affordable housing via the City's optional incentive zoning program and the housing levy at a...

Seattle’s Slow Progress on Homelessness

Seattle is now more than a year into a city-declared state of emergency around the issue of homelessness. On November 2, 2015, the office...

Safe Housing Is A Human Right

Seattle, we have a problem. A few dozen or so of our housed neighbors --claiming to represent "thousands" of Seattleites--showed up to the City...

Council Passes 20 Is Plenty Law, 2+U Alley Vacation, And New Madison Valley Park

Monday was a somewhat unusual meeting for the Seattle City Council. Leading off the proceedings was Mayor Ed Murray who delivered his remarks on the...