WA lawmakers renew effort to limit local camping bans
A state bill would prohibit cities and counties from clearing or criminalizing encampments unless they could prove there’s shelter that meets specific criteria.
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A state bill would prohibit cities and counties from clearing or criminalizing encampments unless they could prove there’s shelter that meets specific criteria.
Renton’s Mayor is rethinking the city’s homeless programming. He looks to Auburn’s model which bucks “housing first” solutions and leans into “accountability.”
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Fearing federal cuts, the housing authority has decided to pause a program that helps fund new affordable housing.
Tent City 4 thought it had a new location but the King County Regional Homelessness Authority put the breaks on that plan.
The emergency housing voucher program was expected to last until 2030, but the money has run out.
A lot has changed in the world of homelessness services over the last four years. A pandemic. A staffing crisis. Mary Steele steered Compass Housing Alliance through it all.
Two weeks after the city of Tukwila declared a state of emergency, Riverton Park United Methodist Church has continued to receive migrant asylum-seekers.
King County sees many positives in turning old hotels into homeless shelters, but providers say the risks of drug overdoses rise in single-occupancy rooms.
Seattle has hired Marc Dones, the former RHA CEO, on a contract basis to help get Medicaid money to fund homelessness services.