Opinion
Cheap, practical, life-saving: Seattle should build more tiny house villages
Built in small clusters, the 8-by-12-foot tiny houses provide shelter, safety and human dignity for people without a home.
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Homelessness
Sponsorship
Opinion
Adrift and afraid, Seattle's outraged NIMBY needs someone to blame
Local PACs People for Seattle and Moms for Seattle are fueling a toxic politics and exploiting anxiety about a precarious economy and a confusing world.
politics
After a national search for a new housing director, Durkan promotes from within
City Hall veteran tapped to lead Seattle housing office as mayor pitches dozens of ‘workforce’ condos, townhomes.
politics
Years into a homelessness ‘emergency,’ Seattle and King County propose a unified response
Both the city and the county would turn over most of their homelessness budgets to a new governmental body.
Equity
Once a safeguard against homelessness, disability payments can’t keep up with the rent
Rent for a studio apartment in King County has gone up by $645 since 2014. Supplemental Security Income has gone up by just $50.