Homeless

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Environment

High heat puts Seattle homeless at greater risk

On days when it’s 85 degrees or higher, the Seattle Union Gospel Mission sets up a pop up stand outside the men’s shelter in Pioneer Square.
Esmy Jimenez
Politics

Election results: August 6, 2019 primary

Results for Seattle and King County.
KUOW Staff
Politics

Homelessness top of mind for Seattle voters as ballots start dropping

Seattle voters are having to choose from a crowded field of City Council candidates. But one issue seems to be top of mind for many – homelessness.
Kate Walters
Health

She felt her baby inside her and realized it was time to get clean

A few years ago, Mary was in a bad place. Mary isn’t her real name, we’ve changed it to protect her privacy. She was homeless, she’d lost her daughter to her former partner, she was using heroin and she was pregnant.
Kate Walters
National

NPR reports on Seattle's 'visible homeless' and 'Seattle is Dying'

Some prosecutors are less inclined to seek jail time for offenses committed by people with mental illness or drug problems. But public frustration is growing in Seattle.
Martin Kaste
Arts & Life

A funeral for 302 people: King County lays to rest indigent remains

The King County Medical Examiner's Office held a funeral for 302 indigent people at a cemetery in Renton Wednesday.
Ann Dornfeld
Politics

Car-dwellers in Seattle may soon have parking spots to call their own

For about a year, TJ was homeless and living in a small, gray SUV with his wife Misty. At night, they would drive around trying to find somewhere to sleep. They looked for spots where they’d feel secure but they wouldn’t be asked to move.
Kate Walters
Arts & Life

This Seattle culinary program helps people get out of homelessness

The next time you’re at a Seattle restaurant, the person cooking your food could be a graduate of FareStart, a non-profit that provides food service training for people trying to get out of homelessness.
Ruby de Luna
Politics

Can we end youth homelessness? Seattle/King County sets goal for 2021

Seattle and King County leaders say they’re combining their efforts to end youth homelessness, and they plan to do it by June 2021. Instead of working in silos, government, philanthropy and service providers will work together on a coordinated campaign to tackle youth homelessness.
Kate Walters
Health

Homeless count down in King County but not everywhere in WA

Washington state has seen a slight overall decline in homelessness. And yet the number of people living on the streets or in shelters has gone up in about half the state’s counties.
Kate Walters

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