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Homelessness

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Sentenced to the Street

    A new effort seeks to stop Washington’s prison system from releasing inmates into homelessness.

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Homelessness Not On the Mend

    The numbers aren’t good, and the recession won’t help King County meet its 10-year goal.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    County Is Not on Track to "End" Homelessness

    Kevin P. Casey The number of homeless people in King County rose two percent since last year, according to a count late last week. That's a modest increase that Bill Block, director of the King County Committee to End Homelessness, points out in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer could have been a lot ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2008

    The Mayor’s New Homeless Shelter Has a Catch

    It’s not letting in just anybody.

  • News

    November 5, 2008

    Nickelsville's Not What It Set Out to Be

    But it's nowhere near ready to fold its tents.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Packing Up Nickelsville, Again

    But it's nowhere near ready to fold its tents.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Seattle State Legislators on Nickelsville

    But it's nowhere near ready to fold its tents.

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    Welcome to Nickelsville

    The mayor has become public enemy #1 for a defiant group of homeless organizers. But is he being unfairly singled out?

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2008

    Hatching a Plan for Nickelsville

    The mayor has become public enemy #1 for a defiant group of homeless organizers. But is he being unfairly singled out?

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    Your Neighbor's Last Roof Was the Viaduct

    Does it bother you that the county is renting him a place next to you?

  • Arts

    October 31, 2007

    Wear It Till It's Rank; Lessons Learned Riding Transit

    Selections from Thread Count, our arts, style, and people blog.

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2007

    The Homeless Consumer

    Selections from Thread Count, our arts, style, and people blog.

  • Diversions

    February 14, 2007

    Ask an Uptight Seattleite

    What should I do when tent city moves into my neighborhood?

  • News

    June 28, 2006

    Circling the Square

    Pioneer Square is part down-at-the-heels tourist trap, homeless shelter, and nightlife district. Now, Seattle's semi-seedy historic urban village is facing major population growth. Can the Square be revived and still keep its character?

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Here Goes the Neighborhood

    A homelessness solution prompts an area of town that should know better to roll up the welcome mat.

  • News

    April 19, 2006

    Back to the Task at Hand

    City Hall and advocates for the homeless end their digressive argument over funding.

  • News

    March 22, 2006

    Tent City Showdown

    City government and homeless group SHARE/WHEEL face off.

  • News

    March 15, 2006

    The Plan to Nowhere?

    "All of us involved are doing what we can to help end homelessness, but we need the city's help."

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    The Plan to Nowhere?

    The region's ambitious 10-year timetable to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded. The Bush administration is sending mixed signals, and things are about to get worse.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Arson as Political Speech

    The region's ambitious 10-year timetable to end homelessness is in serious trouble, undercut and underfunded. The Bush administration is sending mixed signals, and things are about to get worse.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    Smoking Out the Homeless

    If half or more of them smoke, should the new ban apply to their shelter?

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    It's Morning at the Morrison

    Has a $27 million renovation tamed one of the city's worst hellholes?

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    They're Not Sharing

    A homeless-shelter provider refuses city money, citing privacy concerns about data collection—and vowing to open more tent cities.

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    A Goal: Homes for 9,500

    Creating permanent housing for all of King County's homeless is one big challenge. Helping people learn to survive on their own is another.

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Got Any Spare Change?

    An audacious 10-year plan to end homelessness in Seattle faces the usual problem: not enough money. In fact, federal cuts are on the way.

  • News

    October 13, 2004

    Street Cred

    With a campaign to end homelessness, it's not your grandparents' United Way.

  • News

    July 7, 2004

    Camping Commonalities

    Seattle's tent cities for the homeless are not unique, nor are the challenges.

  • News

    May 19, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    " . . . Bush hasn't offered the Iraqis any money, and Rumsfeld sure as hell isn't going to resign any time soon."

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Tent City's Tenacity

    These folks have earned the right to be neighbors.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Do-Gooder Gifts

    Sometimes, even socks and underwear are luxuries for those in need.

  • News

    October 30, 2002

    Elegy of a Snitch

    Sam Brown was a gospel singer, drug dealer, and police informant. That last job apparently got him killed.

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    News Clips— Broken initiative

    Sam Brown was a gospel singer, drug dealer, and police informant. That last job apparently got him killed.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Sidran's to-do list

    Mayoral candidate's plan for the homeless.

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    No Salvation

    Mayoral candidate's plan for the homeless.

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Brother, can you spare $55,000?

    The city is reluctant to give SHARE additional funds.

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    News Clips— Salvation's army

    The city is reluctant to give SHARE additional funds.

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    ". . . I can say with confidence that making Aaron Roberts a martyr for the cause is wrong."

    The city is reluctant to give SHARE additional funds.

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    Hobson's choice

    Crusty homeless advocate Bill Hobson is poised to take over the troubled Morrison Hotel. Why are the residents fearful?

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Missing needle

    The Morrison hotel drug death of Jimmy Mize gets more mysterious.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    City of nylon

    Homeless activists use private land in a new strategy to site a tent city.

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    Steinbrueck donnybrook

    Activists feud with City Council member over housing issues.

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    W-T-wOes

    How will the homeless cope with November's corporate love-in?

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Bum's rush

    How will the homeless cope with November's corporate love-in?

  • News

    December 23, 1998

    No home for the holidays

    The mayor's promise to the homeless goes largely unfulfilled.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Those Dole-full Nordstroms

    Nordstrom taketh more than it giveth away.

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Unkind cuts

    Seattle may soon get its fair share of federal homeless funds. And that spells disaster.

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    The Happy Martyr

    Why Mark Sidran loves to be hated.

  • News

    July 1, 1998

    Debate turns in tents

    Advocates and the City Council go head-to-head over tent cities.

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    Home improvements

    Mayor Schell's modest housing agenda: many small tweaks and a boost to the market.

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    Emergency shelter

    Who's homeless now?

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