Sunday Video: Skid Row, Explained
https://youtu.be/rKo8Sv99MkM
Los Angeles’ Skid Row was not an inevitability, it was a policy. Johnny Harris explains how this district of tragic poverty came to be....
Burgess Charter Amendment Would Swipe Revenue and Credit for Payroll Tax He Opposed
Former Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess is back with a charter amendment setting a host of new mandates around homelessness, none of them funded...
A Perspective from the City Across the Lake
It was fitting for my first full day in the Pacific Northwest to start off with a cold and rainy January morning. As I...
Coalition Urges Mayor to Extend the Eviction Moratorium
At month's end, the eviction moratorium is scheduled to expire, which would put thousands of tenants at risk. A broad coalition spearheaded by the...
Durkan Is Botching Homelessness Policy and Blaming Journalists for the News
“My constituents are mad. All of Seattle is mad, and to be honest, I’m mad too," Councilmember Tammy Morales said in a statement Friday....
Regional Homelessness Authority Still Adrift as CEO Pick Declines Job
After months of delay, King County's Regional Homelessness Authority was supposed to get its Chief Executive Officer. There's just one problem. The consensus pick,...
Sunday Video: America’s Worsening Homelessness Crisis
https://youtu.be/LduaiX0yj6E
Bloomberg Quicktake highlights America’s growing homelessness struggles and ways that could lessen it.
Lewis Proposal Aims to Lower Cost of Building Supportive Housing
In December, Councilmember Andrew Lewis introduced legislation that could make it cheaper, easier, and faster to build permanent supportive housing (PSH) in the City...