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Seattle is battling one of the more intractable homeless crises in the country. There are at least 40,000 unhoused people in King County. Not all live in camps.
Nickelsville, a camp that houses 100 of Seattle's homeless, has had to move about 17 times in three years. A former mayor tried to shut it down. Now city officials have designated a vacant lot for ...
Homeless encampments have proliferated around Seattle in the months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Along with that growth has come a dramatic increase in fires at encampments, data from the ...
On the heels of two new homeless tent camps opened by the City of Seattle, the city is moving on to open more, and they aren’t just for tents. The city is currently working on a plan to open one ...
More Seattle homeless camps cleared as fatalities on the streets soar. by Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter. Fri, December 16th 2022 at 5:57 PM. Updated Fri, December 16th 2022 at 11:08 PM. 5.
Initiative seeks to force Seattle to fund homeless housing and then clear camps by Mike Lewis on April 1, 2021 at 8:25 am April 9, 2021 at 7:54 am Share 859 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...
SEATTLE — Residents of Nickelsville, a Seattle homeless encampment named for Mayor Greg Nickels, have moved their tents to a new location. Camp spokeswoman Revel Smith said they relocated ...
The city of Seattle cleared two homeless encampments this week in anticipation of President Joe Biden’s visit, saying it was necessary to ensure safety.
A homeless camp made headlines when its organizer broke the lock off of a city fence and set it up on vacant city-owned land. The City of Seattle initially attempted to remove Camp Second Chance ...
The breakup is swift. "Don't be sad," Starr Draper calls over her shoulder to her boyfriend. She's walking out of the homeless camp where they've been living together. "He wanted to have housing ...
The breakup is swift. "Don't be sad," Starr Draper calls over her shoulder to her boyfriend. She's walking out of the homeless camp where they've been living together. "He wanted to have housing ...