178 people in Seattle died this year while experiencing homelessness, the most ever On the longest night of the year, volunteers read aloud the names of every person who died in this year without stable housing. Women in Black of WHEEL has been holding this annual vigil for over 20 years - and this year they read more names than ever. Casey Martin
People living in tents and RVs evicted from Green Lake Park in Seattle, days before Christmas This week the City of Seattle is clearing a homeless tent encampment at the park, plus the RVs that have been parked nearby for months. The removal comes less than a week before freezing temperatures are expected in Seattle. Casey Martin
40,800 people in King County experienced homelessness in 2020 The previous estimate, based on a one night count from January 2020, was about 12,000 people living outside. King County’s Department of Community and Human Services says integrating data with two other service providers gives a clearer picture of the homelessness crisis in the region. Casey Martin
Controversial tent encampment cleared from Ballard Commons Park On Tuesday morning the remaining dozen or so people living in the Ballard park were either offered temporary shelter or told to move along. During the peak of the pandemic there were over one hundred people camped in the Commons, and more who slept on the sidewalks next to the library across the street. Casey Martin Megan Farmer
The sidewalks are tidy outside this tiny house village in Seattle, because the residents keep it so To help keep up with the housing crisis in Seattle, tiny house villages are expanding for people experiencing homelessness. This fall one village added more tiny houses and xpanded and two more opened up to people seeking temporary housing. Casey Martin
This north Seattle hotel will house people who have been chronically homeless The Mary Pilgrim Inn in North Seattle looks like a hotel on the outside. But on the inside, it’s a place to help people struggling with chronic homelessness that’s opening this week, with the first 15 residents moving in Thursday. Ruby de Luna
A long road home Stable, permanent housing is at the heart of every long-term solution to the city’s homelessness crisis. KUOW’s Casey Martin tells us how it happened for one Seattleite who’d been homeless for a decade. Patricia Murphy
