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In addition to tent cities, Seattle's homeless crisis is evident with illegal encampments, roadside RV campers, and people sleeping on sidewalks throughout the city.
Decision on who removes highway homeless camps in Seattle (KOMO photo) Share. TOPICS: Durkan Homelessness Puget Sound Region Seattle Tent City Washington State Department Of Transportation.
The proposal is a response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that dealt a blow to a small set of protections for people living outside in public.
Seattle officials call them cleanups. Some homeless advocates call them sweeps. The city posts notices on a hillside, in a park or under a highway telling the people sleeping there they have 72 ...
Advocates are still split over the best way to help people who are homeless, as cities enforce public camping bans.
A shocking discovery rattled volunteer groups cleaning up a Seattle homeless encampment over the Labor Day weekend as they unearthed nearly 80 propane tanks, 20 of which still reportedly contained ...
People who had been homeless were hired to do outreach and were given case management responsibilities. The goal was to decrease the number of people living on Seattle’s streets to under 30.
A record 310 homeless people died in the Seattle area last year, highlighting the region's struggle to house the thousands of people living on its streets. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP) ...
The homelessness crisis is clearly worse than it was three years ago for Francine, a 38-year-old woman who sleeps outside in Queen Anne or downtown Seattle. Francine became homeless in 2019 after ...
SEATTLE — A record 310 homeless people died in the Seattle area last year, highlighting the region’s struggle to house the thousands of people living on its streets. Fentanyl-related overdoses ...
Homelessness among Seattle Public Schools students has been on the rise over the last two years, affecting roughly 2,200 students. KUOW takes an inside look at how a district staffer goes above ...