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Back in December, one of our colleagues called the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’s plan to end homelessness in downtown Seattle a “joint government and philanthropic moon shot.” ...
The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. For more than a year after Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his Downtown Activation Plan, it seemed like nothing would work.
Downtown Seattle is dying because of the congruence of homelessness, drugs and crime, not a non-existent lingering COVID-19 effect. More from Jason Rantz: Seattle business owners turn to private ...
The project was announced more than a year and a half ago with a goal to have fewer than 30 people living on the streets in downtown Seattle, a plan described as "eliminating visible homelessness." ...
The city of Seattle has been working for years to address the homelessness crisis, public drug use, and crime along Third Ave downtown. "The fentanyl crisis on our streets is causing death and ...
While downtown Seattle businesses have added jobs an average of about 30 per day consulting firm McKinsey & Co. identified a vicious cycle: Homelessness has risen along with rent, which in turn ...
The agency announced Tuesday morning that Partnership for Zero — a plan to eliminate visible homelessness in downtown Seattle — will end before completing its goal of reducing the number of ...
The Mary’s Place family shelter located at SW 130th Street and Ambaum Blvd. SW in Burien has temporarily closed as the organization begins construction on a new facility that will combine a family ...
The suitcase was found Sept. 27 by state and local workers clearing a homeless encampment near downtown Seattle, the Washington State Patrol told The Seattle Times. The encampment, near the ...
it must effectively execute a strategy to reduce homelessness in downtown Seattle, the area of the region with the highest concentration of individuals experiencing homelessness. It’s ...
Police are investigating a double stabbing that happened Friday night outside a homeless shelter in downtown Seattle. At around 7:15 p.m., officers responded to reports of a stabbing in the 600 ...
He threw the kitchen sink at making downtown Seattle look cleaner and feel safer for tourists, workers, and shoppers. A project to end homelessness downtown, a team to monitor and de-escalate ...