In 2012, Seattle will spend about $35 million for homeless services, including about $2 million for transitional housing and emergency shelter, according to the city’s Human Services Department.

The Seattle city auditor recommended the city expand access to 24-hour bathroom and hygiene facilities to mitigate the public health risks of unsanctioned homeless tent camps and improve ...

Seattle 'Tent City' Brings Homeless Issue Home For a decade, an advocacy group for Seattle's homeless has engaged in highly successful political theater.

It’s officially move-out day for a big homeless tent city in downtown Seattle. New indoor shelters will open all over town Monday. About 200 people have been living in Tent City 6 at the plaza ...

But some say Internet service is not a top priority for those in need. David Yu, a Tent City 3 resident, says Internet access should be a priority for Seattle City Council, but not the only priority.

Unofficial campsites in Seattle are one sign of the city’s growing homeless population. In January, Mayor Ed Murray suggested that the city issue permits for three additional tent cities as a ...

While San Francisco works to dismantle tent cities, Seattle is allowing them to help get homeless people off the streets. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay Welcome, Mickey ...

A Seattle homeless tent encampment known as “Tent City Three” is in the process of being set up near Green Lake, right by a sign that reads, “no camping.” Passersby can hear the hum of a ...

Only a week before Seattle was faced with the prospect of three new homeless encampments popping up in city parks—and an inevitable battle among hundreds of homeless, homeowners, and Seattle ...

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Citing the need for an immediate, temporary solution to a city-wide problem, Seattle's Planning, Land Use and Sustainability Committee took public comment Thursday night on a ...

Nickelsville is one of several roving tent cities in Seattle. Christened in a deliberate slam against Seattle’s former mayor, Greg Nickels, whose administration regularly cleared homeless ...

SEATTLE, Wash — One of Seattle’s only legal homeless camps is without a home site and city leaders are desperately trying to find a place for it to relocate. Tent City 3 is a homeless camp ...