Tiny House Villages Take on Freezing Temperatures
Earlier this month, a mixture of snow and freezing rain set a stark backdrop as 30 residents, including families with children, couples, singles, and...
City Hall Park Plans Curtailed by New Seattle Budget
The budget that Mayor Bruce Harrell signed on Thursday slimmed down two proposals that received a feted rollout at the beginning of the budget...
Op-Ed: Policing Will Never Solve Homelessness, Housing Will
Even headed into a recession, the Unified Care Team budget for police-assisted homeless sweeps keeps growing.
By the end of 2022, the City of Seattle...
Everett Mayor Slams State Homelessness Program, Seeks to Block Shelter
Tensions flared between state agencies and Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin this month over a program to move people experiencing homelessness out of state-controlled right...
Governor Inslee Touts Homelessness Strategy and Previews State Zoning and Permitting Reform Push
Governor Jay Inslee was in Seattle yesterday to tout his efforts to reduce homelessness across Washington State, which he said were bearing fruit. Inslee...
Tacoma Criminalizes Encampments Near Homeless Shelters and Waterways
In mid-September Urbanist reporter Kevin Le wrote about the Tacoma City Council's plan to create 10-block buffer zones around the city's nine emergency homeless...
Workers on the Frontlines of the Homelessness Crisis Deserve a Living Wage, Not Poverty...
Cops often earn triple the salaries of Seattle's social service workers; pay inequity is undermining the city's response to homelessness.
Seattle's response to homelessness hinges...
The Urbanist Podcast: Homelessness and Health with “Skid Road Author” Josephine Ensign
In this podcast episode, we discuss homelessness, health, and Seattle's own significant history related to these topics with University of Washington Professor Josephine Ensign,...