Homeless

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Politics

Three years after a fatal shooting, the Jungle has changed and so has this man

Kevin Boggs awoke to flashing red and blue lights. It was a wake-up call.
Kate Walters
Health

The one-night count of Seattle's homeless is always an undercount. But here's why we do it

The one-night count, explained.
Kate Walters

Kim Malcolm

Andy Hurst
Business

Microsoft president on housing pledge: 'When you create jobs you've got to create more housing'

Microsoft President Brad Smith explains why the company is making the largest gift in its history: A $500 million pledge to address homelessness and affordable housing concerns in the Puget Sound region.
Angela King

Jason Pagano
Politics

The viaduct covered homeless camps, but now those have to go

As Seattle prepares for the Alaskan Way Viaduct to come down, drivers aren't the only ones experiencing change. People living underneath in homeless camps also have to move on.
Kate Walters
Politics

Poll finds support for long term solutions in the homelessness fight in King County

Angela King talks with Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Vianna Davila about a new Seattle Times /Elway Research public opinion poll of King County residents.
Angela King
Arts & Life

'I hope we grow tender enough, again.' Seattle's Youth Poet Laureate captures Seattle's growing pains

Azura Tyabji says the city’s rapid growth this last year embodies her own childhood.
Katherine Banwell
Politics

Got a spare room? This program wants to use it to help homeless youth

All over the county there are bedrooms sitting empty. At the same time, thousands of people are sleeping on the streets. The Host Homes program aims to shelter youth who are homeless, or on the brink of homelessness, by pairing them with hosts in the community who have a room to spare and are willing to take them in for up to six months.
Kate Walters
Health

Four things to do if you see a stranger in distress

If you see a stranger on the sidewalk who you think might be in trouble — they're yelling or they seem upset, or you don't know if they've passed out — what should you do?
Alison Bruzek

Bill Radke
Fragmented homeless services, no more. Seattle area to consolidate response

Officials in Seattle and King County say they plan to create a single, independent body to oversee the regional response to homelessness.
Kate Walters
Seattle homeless population is third largest in U.S., after LA and NYC

In Seattle and Washington state, increases in the homeless population outpace the national rate.
Kate Walters

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