Will we fund a solution to homelessness via taxes or asking the rich nicely? Anne Martens
On Thursday, King County and the City of Seattle announced a new “Partnership for Zero” plan to “dramatically reduce” unsheltered homelessness downtown. So far, the plan does not seem much different from other outreach programs that the city funds. The major difference is who plans to foot the bill.
Those funders include a list of billionaires and multinational corporations with connections to the Puget Sound region, and their plan is to toss the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) $10 million in one-time funding to decrease homelessness downtown.
With that money, KCRHA will hire
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