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homelessness, housing, human services, Mayor Durkan

Seattle’s Hotel-Based Shelters Racing Against Deadline to Close at the End of the Month

By Erica C. Barnett With less than three weeks remaining before their contracts expire, the organizations that run two hotel-based…

homelessness, King County, Morning Fizz

Homeless Authority Won’t Extend Hotel Shelter Contracts; County Won’t Adopt Republican Sweeps Policy

1. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority informed the Low Income Housing Institute this week that it will not extend…

Courts, criminal justice, homelessness, human services, King County, legislature, Mayor Harrell, Morning Fizz

Hotel Shelter Closes, County Debates Jail Releases, State Mulls Human Services Mandate, and Harrell Appoints New Directors

1. On Friday, January 29, the Executive Pacific Hotel concluded its service as a homeless shelter. By the end of the…

City Council, Elections, Health, homelessness, King County, Mayor Durkan, Morning Fizz

Fizz: Homeless Authority Tries Again, Election Update, and a Double Standard on FEMA Funding?

1. In a process that remains opaque to the public, the implementation board for the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, which…

Affordability, Elections, homelessness, housing, legislature, Mayor Durkan, Morning Fizz, Renters, State of Washington

Morning Fizz: “Unlikely Alliance” Narrative Falls Flat, City’s Hotel Shelters Aren’t ADA Accessible; and State Moves to Fund Eviction Prevention

1. The Seattle press corps seems to have settled on the narrative that Compassion Seattle, the campaign to amend the city’s…

Addiction, City Council, homelessness, housing, human services, Mayor Durkan, Mental Health, Poverty

City Makes It Official: Chief Seattle Club, LIHI Will Run Scaled-Back Hotel Shelter Program

By Erica C. Barnett This afternoon, the city of Seattle officially announced the details of a plan, announced last October,…

Health, homelessness, human services, Mayor Durkan

City’s Hotel-Based “Shelter Surge” in Jeopardy Over Financial, Logistical Concerns

By Erica C. Barnett The city’s plan to use federal COVID dollars to move unsheltered people to hotels, then housing,…

City Council, Density, Development, homelessness, housing, Mayor Durkan, Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Downtown Hotel May House Homeless; Mayor Bullish on Homeless Agency Hiring; a Look Back at Pedersen’s Provisos

1. PubliCola has learned that the city is in conversation with the downtown Executive Pacific Hotel to provide temporary housing…

City Council, homelessness, housing, human services, Mayor Durkan

Mayor’s Office Defends Hotel Shelter Plan as Council Pushes for Tiny Houses: UPDATED

By Erica C. Barnett UPDATE Thursday, Jan. 28, 6:30pm: The city has reportedly rejected the Public Defender Association’s plan to…