Seattle and King County need a new leader for region's Homelessness Authority

King County and the city of Seattle are joining forces to find the next leader of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

The previous and original CEO, Marc Dones, stepped down in June after leading the agency for a couple of years. Now, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and King County Executive Dow Constantine have announced plans to create a new CEO search committee this week.

"The Regional Homelessness Authority is in a moment of transition, which affords an opportunity for us to look at where it has been and, more importantly, what it needs to succeed," Executive Constantine said in a statement.

The goal is to conduct interviews in December and select a new CEO by early 2024.

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There are also plans to create a second committee that will make recommendations to improve the agency's oversight and accountability by September.

Some service providers have accused the organization of being slow to fund their efforts. The KCRHA has also postponed its plan to redistribute tens of millions of dollars for homeless services.

The proposal to start both efforts will be voted on by KCRHA's governing committee on July 20.

“Effective solutions to our region’s homelessness crisis require strong leadership and sustainable countywide collaboration — now is the appropriate time to reassess how the governing committee and implementation board can best support the authority in fulfilling its task of developing a coordinated regional homelessness response system,” Mayor Harrell said in a statement. “The recommendations these leaders provide will help strengthen the efforts of the authority and, most importantly, help more people suffering from homelessness come indoors with the services needed to get well.”