Officials say this will help spur construction of housing overall, a worry as costs increase. However, it might cause higher ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has made no secret of what he says is a lack of regional cooperation when it comes to dealing ...

Andrea Suarez dismantles a tent as garbage lies piled at a homeless encampment on March 13, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Homelessness is still on the rise in ...

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet ...

King County Regional Homeless Authority announced there were 16,886 homeless people in the county and has spent more than $2 ...

The number of people who are sleeping outside or in emergency shelters in Washington increased about 2.2% from January 2024 to January 2025, according to the state. The Department of Commerce’s ...

Seattle’s homelessness crisis has opened a divide between two progressive candidates ahead of the November mayoral race. Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has emphasized his record of clearing ...

SEATTLE — Mayor Bruce Harrell stepped up his criticism of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority earlier this month, calling on its CEO to find a way to fund the agency that coordinates ...

Seattle developers got a pass on $80 million in property taxes last year through a program that has long traded developer ...

Protesters marched outside Tacoma City Hall, calling for climate justice and to protest an amendment that would expand the ...

Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows that the growth rate across much of the state slowed last year. This comes as the state ...