A day for the homeless, and for solutions: #SeaHomeless

Cascade PBS Newsroom Editors Jun 17, 2025

Jul 10, 2018

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                <h1>A day for the homeless, and for solutions: #SeaHomeless</h1>
                <h2><p>Homelessness by the numbers Click to view the full infographic

Note: An earlier version of the infographic had the incorrect amount awarded to emergency shelters providers for 2017-18. It has been corrected.  They subsist on the margins. They live in the spaces in between our homes and businesses and beneath</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/contactus-crosscut-com/">Cascade PBS Newsroom Editors</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jul 10, 2018</time></p>
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            <h3 id="homelessness-by-the-numbers-click-to-view-the-full-infographic">Homelessness by the numbers Click to view the full infographic</h3><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://crosscut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Homeless_Infographic.png?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/homeless-infographic-thumb.png" class="kg-image" alt="Infographic of 2016 data on homelessness in the Seattle area and around America" loading="lazy" title="Infographic of 2016 data on homelessness in the Seattle area and around America"></a></figure><p><em><em>Note: An earlier version of the infographic had the incorrect amount awarded to emergency shelters providers for 2017-18. It has been corrected.</em>  They subsist on the margins. They live in the spaces in between our homes and businesses and beneath our freeways. They are some of our society’s most vulnerable members, struggling with homelessness, and at last count, in King County alone they were more than 11,000 strong. That’s the equivalent of <a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/05/homeless-count-king-county/?ref=cascadepbs.org">a city the size of Woodinville</a>, living on our streets. Today, Crosscut joins a host of local media organizations in dedicating our website and our social media channels to them, and to finding solutions to a problem that has haunted this region for far too long. We will track the action on the page below, providing links to all the work from Seattle-area news outlets. Please help spread these good words on Facebook, and join the conversation on Twitter using hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeaHomeless?ref=cascadepbs.org">#SeaHomeless</a>.</em></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/06/rapid-rehousing-landlords-tacoma-seattle-rent?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/mcknight_rapidrehousing_5.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Tammi Lynn, a landlord, rents her apartments to those on the verge of homelessness. Credit: Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media" loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="the-hard-truths-about-seattle-s-new-homeless-fix"><a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/06/rapid-rehousing-landlords-tacoma-seattle-rent?ref=cascadepbs.org">The hard truths about Seattle’s new homeless fix</a></h3><p><a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/06/rapid-rehousing-landlords-tacoma-seattle-rent?ref=cascadepbs.org">by David Kroman</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/06/homelessness-housing-crisis-seattle-vienna-solution?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/vienna-alt-erlaa.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa was built in stages between 1976 and 1985.Credit: Hertha Hurnaus" loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="the-city-that-solved-homelessness"><a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/06/homelessness-housing-crisis-seattle-vienna-solution?ref=cascadepbs.org">The city that solved homelessness</a></h3><p><a href="https://crosscut.com/2017/06/homelessness-housing-crisis-seattle-vienna-solution?ref=cascadepbs.org">by Joe Copeland</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://kcts9.org/programs/tiny-house-village-started-movement?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://kcts9.org/sites/default/files/images/story/quixote-village-teaser2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="quixote village" loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="the-tiny-house-village-that-started-a-movement"><a href="https://kcts9.org/programs/tiny-house-village-started-movement?ref=cascadepbs.org">The tiny-house village that started a movement</a></h3><p><a href="https://kcts9.org/programs/tiny-house-village-started-movement?ref=cascadepbs.org">by Matt McKnight and Aileen Imperial</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://kcts9.org/programs/spark-public/part-time-student-full-time-homeless?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://kcts9.org/sites/default/files/images/story/michael_904.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="image of Michael, a homeless college student" loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="part-time-student-full-time-homeless"><a href="https://kcts9.org/programs/spark-public/part-time-student-full-time-homeless?ref=cascadepbs.org">Part-time student, full-time homeless</a></h3><p><a href="https://kcts9.org/programs/spark-public/part-time-student-full-time-homeless?ref=cascadepbs.org">by Jen Germain, Stacey Jenkins and Rory Graves</a></p><h2 id="stories-from-around-seattle">Stories from around Seattle</h2><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/06/homeless-project-june-28/530388/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://cdn.citylab.com/media/img/citylab/2017/06/AP_523863432001/940.jpg?mod=1498655035" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="today-homeless-in-america"><a href="https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/06/homeless-project-june-28/530388/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Today: Homeless in America</a></h3><p><a 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It’s complicated</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.iexaminer.org/2017/06/does-the-cid-have-a-nimby-attitude-toward-the-homeless-its-complicated/?ref=cascadepbs.org">International Examiner</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/three-stories-on-our-regions-homelessness/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://s.bellevuecollege.edu/kbcs/uploads/2017/06/New-Bethlehem-Project.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="-seahomeless-eastside-urban-rest-stop"><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/three-stories-on-our-regions-homelessness/?ref=cascadepbs.org">#SEAHomeless: Eastside Urban Rest Stop</a></h3><p><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/three-stories-on-our-regions-homelessness/?ref=cascadepbs.org">KBCS</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/seahomeless-fleeing-home-from-domestic-violence/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://s.bellevuecollege.edu/kbcs/uploads/2017/06/woman-with-words.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="-seahomeless-fleeing-home-from-domestic-violence"><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/seahomeless-fleeing-home-from-domestic-violence/?ref=cascadepbs.org">#SEAHomeless: Fleeing Home from Domestic Violence</a></h3><p><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/seahomeless-fleeing-home-from-domestic-violence/?ref=cascadepbs.org">KBCS</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/seahomeless-night-owl-bus-rider-sleeping-on-the-bus/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://s.bellevuecollege.edu/kbcs/uploads/2017/06/inside-a-bus-at-night.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="-seahomeless-night-owl-bus-rider-sleeping-on-the-bus"><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/seahomeless-night-owl-bus-rider-sleeping-on-the-bus/?ref=cascadepbs.org">#SEAHomeless: Night Owl Bus Rider – Sleeping on the Bus</a></h3><p><a href="http://kbcs.fm/2017/06/28/seahomeless-night-owl-bus-rider-sleeping-on-the-bus/?ref=cascadepbs.org">KBCS</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/homeless/247-homeless-shelter-for-couples-friends-to-open-in-seattle/430881774?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://www.king5.com/img/resize/content.king5.com/photo/2017/04/12/KING_homeless_shelter_1492050112198_9215772_ver1.0.JPG?preset=534-401" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="24-7-homeless-shelter-for-couples-friends-to-open-in-seattle"><a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/homeless/247-homeless-shelter-for-couples-friends-to-open-in-seattle/430881774?ref=cascadepbs.org">24/7 Homeless shelter for couples, friends to open in Seattle</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/homeless/247-homeless-shelter-for-couples-friends-to-open-in-seattle/430881774?ref=cascadepbs.org">KING 5</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/tacoma/nonprofit-helps-house-homeless-young-women-in-tacoma/452637738?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://www.king5.com/img/resize/content.king5.com/photo/2017/06/27/KING_homestead_tacoma_1498626554168_9920728_ver1.0.JPG?preset=534-401" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="nonprofit-helps-house-homeless-young-women-in-tacoma"><a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/tacoma/nonprofit-helps-house-homeless-young-women-in-tacoma/452637738?ref=cascadepbs.org">Nonprofit helps house homeless young women in Tacoma</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/tacoma/nonprofit-helps-house-homeless-young-women-in-tacoma/452637738?ref=cascadepbs.org">KING 5</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://kuow.org/post/want-city-money-homeless-services-prove-you-get-results?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kuow/files/styles/medium/public/201502/DSCN3668.JPG" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="want-city-money-for-homeless-services-prove-you-get-results"><a href="http://kuow.org/post/want-city-money-homeless-services-prove-you-get-results?ref=cascadepbs.org">Want city money for homeless services? 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href="http://www.seattlechannel.org/CityStream/segments?videoid=x76626&ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle Channel</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2017/6/28/a-history-of-homelessness-in-seattle?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop-h_640-w_615-x_0-y_0/c_limit-dpr_auto-f_auto-fl_lossy-q_80-w_1080/gloria_blue_homeless_west_seattle_ia5n4f.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="a-history-of-homelessness-in-seattle"><a href="https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2017/6/28/a-history-of-homelessness-in-seattle?ref=cascadepbs.org">A History of Homelessness in Seattle</a></h3><p><a href="https://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2017/6/28/a-history-of-homelessness-in-seattle?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle Met</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/homeless_in_seattle/article/Seattle-families-facing-homelessness-11243732.php?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/photos/62/14/42/13158586/5/920x920.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="homeless-as-a-family-fighting-for-stability"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/homeless_in_seattle/article/Seattle-families-facing-homelessness-11243732.php?ref=cascadepbs.org">Homeless as a family: Fighting for stability</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/homeless_in_seattle/article/Seattle-families-facing-homelessness-11243732.php?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle PI</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/From-homeless-to-100k-in-San-Francisco-11251563.php?cmpid=twittersocialflow&ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/photos/62/14/55/13159252/3/920x920.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 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href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Homelessness-in-an-RV-A-stone-s-throw-from-the-8329720.php?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle's RV dwellers: A stone's throw from homeless</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Homelessness-in-an-RV-A-stone-s-throw-from-the-8329720.php?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle PI</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seahomeless-what-you-need-to-know-about-seattles-continuing-crisis/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/06272017_homelessseattlenew_183256.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="-seahomeless-what-you-need-to-know-about-seattle-s-continuing-crisis"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seahomeless-what-you-need-to-know-about-seattles-continuing-crisis/?ref=cascadepbs.org">#SeaHomeless: What you need to know about Seattle’s continuing crisis</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seahomeless-what-you-need-to-know-about-seattles-continuing-crisis/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/women-in-black-they-stand-vigil-speak-the-names-of-seattle-areas-homeless-whove-died/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/00b13106-5add-11e7-ba61-9189acf465bb.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="women-in-black-they-stand-vigil-speak-the-names-of-seattle-area-s-homeless-who-ve-died"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/women-in-black-they-stand-vigil-speak-the-names-of-seattle-areas-homeless-whove-died/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Women in Black: They stand vigil, speak the names of Seattle area’s homeless who’ve died</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/women-in-black-they-stand-vigil-speak-the-names-of-seattle-areas-homeless-whove-died/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/puget-sound/finding-rentals-less-than-rapid-for-many-in-homeless-housing-program/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4134df92-555c-11e7-bfa1-ee867c885496.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="-you-just-hit-this-wall-the-long-road-taken-by-many-in-a-rapid-homeless-housing-program"><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/puget-sound/finding-rentals-less-than-rapid-for-many-in-homeless-housing-program/?ref=cascadepbs.org">‘You just hit this wall’: The long road taken by many in a ‘rapid’ homeless housing program</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/puget-sound/finding-rentals-less-than-rapid-for-many-in-homeless-housing-program/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/can-rapid-rehousing-work-if-rents-keep-soaring-in-seattle/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://mwbbcwxck32zpp124d9nlwip.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_170628-sea-story-one.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="can-rapid-rehousing-work-if-rents-keep-soaring-in-seattle"><a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/can-rapid-rehousing-work-if-rents-keep-soaring-in-seattle/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Can ‘Rapid Rehousing’ Work If Rents Keep Soaring in Seattle?</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/can-rapid-rehousing-work-if-rents-keep-soaring-in-seattle/?ref=cascadepbs.org">SEATTLE WEEKLY</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/what-we-learned-from-seahomeless/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="http://mwbbcwxck32zpp124d9nlwip.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/web1_web1_170418-SEA-news-Homeless.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="what-we-learned-from-yesterday-s-media-blitz-on-homelessness"><a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/what-we-learned-from-seahomeless/?ref=cascadepbs.org">What We Learned From Yesterday’s Media Blitz on Homelessness</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/what-we-learned-from-seahomeless/?ref=cascadepbs.org">SEATTLE WEEKLY</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://www.sounderatheart.com/seattle-reign/2017/6/28/15884104/megan-rapinoe-turns-attention-toward-youth-homelessness?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://cascade-pbs.ghost.io/content/images/thumbor/Vnq_iOlaIU9XnVTjOxOQ_D3YSM0=/0x0:1500x1000/920x613/filters:focal(770x75:1010x315)/cdn-vox-cdn-com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55489019/seavsbfc-8-29-15_mikerussellfoto-24-0-0.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="megan-rapinoe-turns-attention-toward-youth-homelessness"><a href="https://www.sounderatheart.com/seattle-reign/2017/6/28/15884104/megan-rapinoe-turns-attention-toward-youth-homelessness?ref=cascadepbs.org">Megan Rapinoe turns attention toward youth homelessness</a></h3><p><a href="https://www.sounderatheart.com/seattle-reign/2017/6/28/15884104/megan-rapinoe-turns-attention-toward-youth-homelessness?ref=cascadepbs.org">Sounder at Heart</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="https://southseattleemerald.com/2017/06/28/othello-residents-concerned-with-seattles-shift-away-from-transitional-housing/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://cascade-pbs.ghost.io/content/images/2017/06/img_7770.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="othello-residents-concerned-with-seattle-s-shift-away-from-transitional-housing"><a href="https://southseattleemerald.com/2017/06/28/othello-residents-concerned-with-seattles-shift-away-from-transitional-housing/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Othello Residents Concerned With Seattle’s Shift Away From Transitional Housing</a></h3><p><a href="https://southseattleemerald.com/2017/06/28/othello-residents-concerned-with-seattles-shift-away-from-transitional-housing/?ref=cascadepbs.org">South Seattle Emerald</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/06/23/25236318/taste-this-seattle-a-sandwich-a-security-guard-and-a-realization-seahomeless-edition?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/stranger/imager/u/large/25236434/1498208115-grandcentralsandwich.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 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Homelessness Puzzle</a></h3><p><a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/06/26/Youth-Homelessness-Puzzle/?ref=cascadepbs.org">The Tyee</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://www.urbansketchers.org/2017/06/seahomeless-city-without-homes.html?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img src="https://cascade-pbs.ghost.io/content/images/-oAxZzurNRTI/WVLzECAdegI/AAAAAAAAQvI/1xit6BSbshMosikpEkA-kvvqr9TLbzecgCLcBGAs/s1600/steve_2breddy.jpg" class="kg-image" alt loading="lazy"></a></figure><h3 id="-seahomeless-a-city-without-homes"><a href="http://www.urbansketchers.org/2017/06/seahomeless-city-without-homes.html?ref=cascadepbs.org">#SeaHomeless: A City Without Homes</a></h3><p><a href="http://www.urbansketchers.org/2017/06/seahomeless-city-without-homes.html?ref=cascadepbs.org">Urban Sketchers</a></p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><a href="http://westseattleblog.com/2017/06/seahomeless-revisiting-marys-place-in-white-center-the-shelter-that-almost-wasnt/?ref=cascadepbs.org"><img 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Homelessness by the numbers Click to view the full infographic

Infographic of 2016 data on homelessness in the Seattle area and around America

Note: An earlier version of the infographic had the incorrect amount awarded to emergency shelters providers for 2017-18. It has been corrected. They subsist on the margins. They live in the spaces in between our homes and businesses and beneath our freeways. They are some of our society’s most vulnerable members, struggling with homelessness, and at last count, in King County alone they were more than 11,000 strong. That’s the equivalent of a city the size of Woodinville, living on our streets. Today, Crosscut joins a host of local media organizations in dedicating our website and our social media channels to them, and to finding solutions to a problem that has haunted this region for far too long. We will track the action on the page below, providing links to all the work from Seattle-area news outlets. Please help spread these good words on Facebook, and join the conversation on Twitter using hashtag #SeaHomeless.

Tammi Lynn, a landlord, rents her apartments to those on the verge of homelessness. Credit: Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media

Stories from around Seattle

Today: Homeless in America

City Lab

13 years of community-based healing at Recovery Cafe

Curbed Seattle

‘I need to know I am still here.’ A poem about Seattle homelessness

The Evergrey

#SeaHomeless: As housing prices soar, tech sector steps up efforts to ease homeless crisis

Geekwire

#SeaHomeless: Does the CID have a NIMBY attitude toward the homeless? It’s complicated

International Examiner

#SEAHomeless: Eastside Urban Rest Stop

KBCS

#SEAHomeless: Fleeing Home from Domestic Violence

KBCS

#SEAHomeless: Night Owl Bus Rider – Sleeping on the Bus

KBCS

24/7 Homeless shelter for couples, friends to open in Seattle

KING 5

Nonprofit helps house homeless young women in Tacoma

KING 5

Want city money for homeless services? Prove you get results

KUOW

Cat Mary

Outside City Hall

Homeless camps are good: we need more of them

Outside City Hall

Homeless on wheels

Outside City Hall

Where do you go when the land under your home is sold and your home is worthless?

Outside City Hall

How to Talk to Your Kids About Homelessness

Parent Map

Access Denied: What happens when barriers are lifted

Real Change

Fifty-bed shelter closure canceled

Real Change

From advocate to lawmaker: Real Change vendor Lisa Sawyer interviews Rep. Nicole Macri

Real Change

The BLOCK Project, a novel approach to end homelessness

Seattle Channel

Seattle Channel

CityStream: Rex Hohlbein

Seattle Channel

A History of Homelessness in Seattle

Seattle Met

Homeless as a family: Fighting for stability

Seattle PI

Homeless to $115K salary: Tech worker who lived in SF shelter creates app for homeless, lands job

Seattle PI

Seattle's RV dwellers: A stone's throw from homeless

Seattle PI

#SeaHomeless: What you need to know about Seattle’s continuing crisis

Seattle Times

Women in Black: They stand vigil, speak the names of Seattle area’s homeless who’ve died

Seattle Times

‘You just hit this wall’: The long road taken by many in a ‘rapid’ homeless housing program

Seattle Times

Can ‘Rapid Rehousing’ Work If Rents Keep Soaring in Seattle?

SEATTLE WEEKLY

What We Learned From Yesterday’s Media Blitz on Homelessness

SEATTLE WEEKLY

Megan Rapinoe turns attention toward youth homelessness

Sounder at Heart

Othello Residents Concerned With Seattle’s Shift Away From Transitional Housing

South Seattle Emerald

Taste This, Seattle: A Sandwich, a Security Guard, and a Realization, #SeaHomeless Edition

The Stranger

Solving the Youth Homelessness Puzzle

The Tyee

#SeaHomeless: A City Without Homes

Urban Sketchers

#SeaHomeless: Revisiting Mary’s Place in White Center, the shelter that almost wasn’t

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